Talk:North Coast railway line, Queensland

Split article? Nambour-Gympie Citytrain line into one separate article?

After going through rail sources ie [1], [2] to name a few. I'm putting up for suggestion whether this article should be split, with this article to be mainly about the railway line from Brisbane to Cairns with some information about electrification, the type of services + a brief description of locations/stations along the route.

I originally created the article by retrieving information off the separate Nambour and Gympie Rail line pages (both the Nambour and Gympie rail articles have been redirected to this page). Since then I had expanded on that to include a brief description on the route beyond Gympie (ie Rockhampton electrification, and other things). Why I'm suggesting this split is because currently this article is 75% of the Citytrain stuff, and 25% of the route to Cairns/Rockhampton.

The Brisbane to Nambour/Gympie North route could be split into a separate article ie Nambour and Gympie North railway line, Queensland which could contain the Citytrain info and stations.

Any other suggestions or thoughts? --Arnzy ^{(whats up?)} 12:32, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

It seems to me that splitting off the Nambour line is sensible. Bucketsofg✐ 12:38, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

The Gympie North service also runs on the same line, and usually operates once a day under the same running patterns. It would be sensible to include both Nambour and Gympie as one article. --Arnzy ^{(whats up?)} 12:45, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree - Traveltrain pages could do with a shot in the arm generally. SM247 04:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Diagrams

Suggest adopting route diagrams for lines. See [[3]] for the template.

Examples below

Heavy Detail Sections...

QR NCL Townsville-Cairns section
km elev in m 1,680 Cairns 439 1,677 Portsmith Yard 900 1,674 QRX Yard 1,668 tramway 1,663 Kamma 725 1,658 Gordonvale 1,658 Gordonvale Tramway 1,656 tramway 1,653 tramway 1,651 Aloombah 787 1,636 Deeral 718 1,629 Bellenden Ker Tramway 1,623 Babinda Tramway 1,622 Babinda 678 1,614 Mirriwmi Tramway 1,607 Waugh 657 1,601 Garradunga Tramway 1,600 Dradgee Tramway 1,596 Goondi Tramway 1,593 Innisfail 717 1,590 Mundoo 1,589 tramway 1,588 tramway 1,585 tramway 1,584 Boogan 729 1,584 Ramleigh Nth Tramway 1,581 Ramleigh Tramway 1,568 Jaffa Tramway 1,564 Japoon Tramway 1,568 Silkwood 754 1,564 Jaffa Tramway 1,561 El Arish 688 1,560 El Arish Tramway 1,548 Tully Tramway 1,545 Tully 506 1,542 Hewitt 485 402 1,537 Euramo Tramway 1,524 Bilyana 701 1,513 Kennedy 688 1,502 Cardwell 731 1,480 Conn 701 1,466 Hinchinbrook 701 1,452 Garloch Tramway 1,450 Ingham 705 1,449 Ingham Tramway 1,446 Ingham stock siding 1,437 Pombel Tramway 1,436 Pombel 701 1,424 Bambaroo 706 1,409 Mutarnee 699 1,394 Rollingstone 703 1,379 Kurukan 701 1,368 Purono 712 1,365 Yabulu 1,356 Deeragun 800 1,345 Garbutt 805 1,341 Townsville km elev in m

Major passenger stations and terminals

QR North Coast Line
km Tablelands line 1,680 Cairns 1,658 Gordonvale 1,622 Babinda 1,594 Innisfail 1,545 Tully 1,502 Cardwell 1,449 Ingham 1,365 Yabulu 1,341 Townsville 1,340 Townsville Port 1,331 Mount Isa line 1,330 zinc smelter 1,293 Giru 1,290 Invicta mill 1,260 Ayr 1,249 Home Hill 1,165 Abbot Point 1,156 Newlands line 1,149 Bowen Bowen Harbour Proserpine 969 Mackay Harbour Marian Branch 959 Mackay 926 Sarina 916 Coppabella line 915 Coppabella line 811 St Lawrence Yeppoon Branch 638 Rockhampton 632 Blackwater lines 565 Mount Larcom Auckland Point Monto & Moura lines 529 Gladstone 460 Miriam Vale 351 Bundaberg 292 Howard 263 Maryborough 262 Maryborough West 250 Monto line 243 Owanyilla Woodchip 207 Kingaroy line 173 end of suburban network 173 Gympie North Gympie Mary Valley Railway 131 Cooroy 104 Nambour 82 Caboolture Wamuran Branch end of dual+ track 51 Caboolture 0 Brisbane Central km

the routemap template

I've been adding a few wikilinks for stations etc, but confess to being an amateur with these route maps. It seems to me that there are many stations missing from the template and I notice some stations are in bold but it is not clear to me which stations should be listed in bold. Also what to do with closed stations (truckloads of them). If there are some conventions here, let me know before I jump in and add more things that perhaps I should not. Kerry (talk) 08:28, 30 December 2020 (UTC)