Gold Coast railway line

Gold Coast line
NGR761
Train arriving at Varsity Lakes, the southern terminus of the Gold Coast line, 2019
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerQueensland Rail
LocaleGold Coast
Termini
Stations20
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemQueensland Rail Citytrain network
Operator(s)Queensland Rail
Rolling stockNGR
History
Opened26 February 1996
Technical
Number of tracks3 (Roma StreetKuraby)
2 (KurabyVarsity Lakes)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead lines, installed from 1996–2009
Route map
Line route
Helensvale railway station, 2012
Scrubby Creek crossing at Kingston, 2013
Varsity Lakes railway station, 2012, the terminus for the line
Altandi railway station, 2012, the only non-inner city stop within the City of Brisbane.

The Gold Coast railway line is an interurban railway line operated by Queensland Rail in Queensland, Australia, connecting Brisbane with the Gold Coast. The line has 17 stations. In 2021, a journey from Central station to the terminus of this line was scheduled to take 1 hour 23 minutes. There are plans for several new stations along the existing line, as well as an extension south.

The line ran to Tweed Heads in the early 1900s until the 1960s. A new Gold Coast railway opened in 1996 with an extension to Varsity Lakes opened in 2007. In December 2017 the G:link light rail services connected to the line at Helensvale station. Duplication of the line progressed in stages.