Australia’s Electric Tilt Train | Brisbane to Rockhampton in Business Class

Find out what it's like to travel 640km by train between Brisbane and the Rockhampton in central Queensland on the electric Tilt Train.

In this video you'll get to take a look inside both the business and economy class seats; discover the food and drink options; and get to see some of the beautiful scenery along the way.

The Tilt Train helps connect some of Queensland's most iconic tourist destinations with links to the Southern Great Barrier Reef, the Capricorn Coast, Bundaberg, Burnett, the Fraser Coast and the Sunshine Coast.

The Tilt Train set an Australian speed record of 210km/h during a trial run in 1999. It's top service speed is 160km/h - equivalent to the Transwa Prospector, V/Line VLocity railcars and NSW CountryLink XPTs.

The electric Tilt Train is operated by Queensland Rail.

Tilt Train timetable:
www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.as…

Tilt Train fares:
queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/…

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🚉 Train: The Tilt Train
🚉 Operator: Queensland Rail
🚉 Locomotives: Tilt Train (electric) set named The City of Rockhampton
🚉 Seat: A16
🚉 Route: Brisbane Roma Street - Rockhampton via the North Coast Railway Line
🚉 Distance: 639km
🚉 Travel time: 6 hours 45 mins (scheduled)
🚉 Class: Business
🚉 Travel date: 4 November 2021

EQUIPMENT:
🚉 Camera: GoPro Hero 10, GoPro Hero 8 and iPhone 12 Pro Max

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Roma Street Station
01:35 The Electric Tilt Train
02:30 Brisbane
02:50 Boarding and seat tour
04:40 Departure and announcements
05:18 Meal options
05:55 Business class features
06:30 Outer Brisbane
07:10 Reaching top speed
07:30 Lunch and the Sunshine Coast
08:50 Route map and Nambour
11:10 Accessible toilet tour
11:50 Sunshine Coast scenery
13:15 Onboard menu and entertainment guide
13:45 Gympie North
14:30 Visiting the cafe / galley
15:00 Maryborough West and the Fraser Coast
16:55 Bundaberg and Burnett River
19:00 Australian train speed record from 1999
19:29 Economy class seating and walk through
20:45 Wine time and Miriam Vale
21:50 Tilt Train timetable and fares
22:40 Gladstone
24:25 Final thoughts
25:00 Arrival in Rockhampton
26:02 Freight train in Denison Street, Rockhampton

Image credits:

Passenger Rail Services map by Lencer, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

OpenRailwayMap:
www.openrailwaymap.org/

Nambour Station photo:
TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Information sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Tilt_Train

www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/railexperiences/ou…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Australia

Queensland place names search:
www.resources.qld.gov.au/qld/environment/land/plac…

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