Queensland High-Speed Line (Tilting Trains), Australia
System:
Operator
Queensland Rail
Opening date
1998-2001
Route length
(Brisbane-Rockhampton) 639km (397 miles)
Route length
(Brisbane-Cairns) 1,681km (1,045 miles)
Maximum line speed
160km/h (100mph)
Gauge
1,067mm (3ft 6in)
Electrification:
Voltage
25kV
Current
ac overhead
Rolling Stock:
Builder
Evans Deakin Industries, Australia and Hitachi, Japan
Fleet total
Four
Build date
1997-1998
Trainset power
3,040kW
Traction motors
16 x 170kW ac motors
Vehicles per train
Six cars, of which four are powered.
Gross weight per train
287t
Maximum tilt angle
5°
Tilt system
Pneumatic ram
First class seats/train
30
Second class seats/train
280
Special Characteristics:
1
· Journey times halved with new trains
2
· High-speed services integrated with heavy freight traffic
3
· Tilting trains designed to run on existing tracks
4
First tilting trains in the Southern Hemisphere
5
·New trains are worlds fastest narrow gauge rail vehicles
6
· Infrastructure improvements also speeds up freight services
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