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Gold Coast Motorail

Gold Coast Motorail
Motorail.jpg
Gold Coast Motorail at Sydney Central
Overview
Service type Passenger train
Status Ceased
First service 3 March 1973
Last service 11 February 1990
Successor Unnamed XPT service
Former operator(s) State Rail Authority
Route
Start Sydney Central
End Murwillumbah
Distance travelled 934 kilometres
Service frequency nightly in each direction
Train number(s) NL3/NL4
Line used North Coast
Technical



The Gold Coast Motorail was an Australian passenger train operated by the Public Transport Commission from March 1973 until February 1990.

It operated from Sydney via the North Coast line to Murwillumbah. It was formed of air-conditioned / sitting carriages along with as well as having a motorail facility. Its headcode was NL3/NL4.

In May 1987, it was renamed the Pacific Coast Motorail. In February 1990 it was replaced by an unnamed XPT service.


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