Gulflander

Gulflander
RM93 at Golden Gate near Croydon
in August 2008
Overview
Service typePassenger train
Current operator(s)Queensland Rail
Route
TerminiNormanton
Croydon
Distance travelled151 kilometres
Average journey time5 hours full trip 2 hour short trips
Service frequencyWeekly and daily
Line(s) usedNormanton
On-board services
Seating arrangements100
Catering facilitiesMorning Tea
Entertainment facilitiesGuided Commentary
Baggage facilitiesYes
Technical
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Operating speed40km/h
Track owner(s)Queensland Rail
Route map
 Normanton
Clarina
Glenore
Critter’s Camp
Haydon
East Haydon
Blackbull
Ellavale
Golden Gate
Croydon
Route diagram of the Gulflander

The Gulflander is a passenger train operated by Queensland Rail on the isolated Normanton to Croydon line in the Gulf Country of northern Queensland, Australia.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Meandering through the Gulf on rails". The Canberra Times. Vol. 67, no. 21, 236. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 June 1993. p. 25. Retrieved 30 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Knowles, J. W. (John W.); Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society (1983), Lonely rails in the Gulf Country : the story of the Normanton-Croydon Railway, Queensland, J.W. Knowles : Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society [distributor], ISBN 978-0-9593651-1-5
  3. ^ Friends of the Normanton-Croydon Railway (issuing body.) (1900), The Gulflander gazette : the voice of the tin hare, [Canberra] Friends of the Normanton-Croydon Railway, ISSN 2207-4643
  4. ^ Manara, Gian Carlo; SBS-TV (1992), Stations : the journey of the "Gulflander", SBS, retrieved 30 March 2017