Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor



The Sydney–Brisbane railway corridor consists of the 987 km long standard-gauge main line between the Australian state capitals of Brisbane (Queensland) and Sydney (New South Wales), and the lines immediately connected to it.

Description
The main line consists of:
 * the 195 km Main North Line from Sydney Central station to Telarah station, in Maitland, and
 * the 792 km North Coast line from Telarah to Roma Street station, Brisbane.

Freight trains operate along the entire corridor, as does a daily (each way) XPT passenger service, in addition to a service to Casino.

History
Originally the corridor consisted of standard gauge track in New South Wales and  narrow gauge track in Queensland, which met at a break-of-gauge station at Wallangarra. In 1930 the NSW North Coast line was extended from Casino to Brisbane making through services possible, using a rail ferry for the river crossing in Grafton until the Grafton Bridge opened in 1932. The superseded Main Northern railway line, which went to Wallangarra, now terminates near Armidale.