Sunshine Coast railway line
| Nambour & Gympie North line | |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Commuter rail |
| System | Queensland Rail City network |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Sunshine Coast |
| Termini |
Roma Street Gympie North |
| Stations | 29 |
| Website | queenslandrail.com.au |
| Operation | |
| Owner | Queensland Rail |
| Operator(s) | Queensland Rail |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 180 km (110 mi) |
| Track length | 172.21 km (107.01 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Operating speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) |
The Nambour & Gympie North railway line (also known as the Sunshine Coast line) refers to the section of Queensland's North Coast line that has regular interurban passenger services, which connect Brisbane with the Sunshine Coast and Gympie. It is the longest line on the Citytrain network.
Nambour and Gympie North services utilise the Caboolture line to Caboolture, then the North Coast line to Nambour and Gympie North. The line consists of four tracks from Roma Street to Northgate, then three tracks to Lawnton, allowing Nambour & Gympie North express services to pass the local Caboolture services. The line is then double track to Beerburrum.
North of Beerburrum, the line is single track with passing loops at most stations. Due to the rapidly rising population on the Sunshine Coast and in hinterland towns, the annual compounded growth rate for morning peak passenger numbers on the line north of Caboolture is 6%, second only to the 7.1% figure for the Gold Coast line south of Beenleigh.
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