Australian Railways Trivia

1. The Indian-Pacific carries passengers between what two Australian cities?

From Quiz Riding the Rails Across Australia

Answer: Sydney and Perth

Sydney NSW, on Australia's east coast, is on the Pacific Ocean, while Perth, the capital of Western Australia, lies on the Indian Ocean. The flying distance between the two cities is just under 3300 km; by road it is close to 4000 km. The rail journey has an official track length of 4352 km.

From Quiz Melbourne Trams

Answer: W class

The W class was introduced in 1923 as an effort to standardize Melbourne's tram fleet. Over a period of 43 years the design was progressively refined, with a total of over 700 trams produced. They are considered one of the enduring symbols of Melbourne.

From Quiz Trains in Australia

Answer: Melbourne to Port Melbourne (Victoria)

Victoria had just undergone a huge expansion because of the Gold Rush, and grew very quickly. The rest of Australia followed suit, with the population increasing tenfold in just two decades. In 1855 a line between Sydney to Parramatta opened, with another service opening between Adelaide to Port Adelaide the following year. Sydney and North Sydney had to wait until the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to be connected, and that did not happen until 1932.

From Quiz Queensland Rail - CityTrain Suburban Network

Answer: Roma Street

Roma Street Station is the point from which all distances are measured in Queensland. For example, distance marker 33 at Dakabin Station represents 33 kilometres to Roma Street. It has six suburban platforms and three others that cater for interstate or intrastate passenger services. Although Roma Street officially has ten platforms, Platform 3 is not used. Central Station is unique as it is reached from either direction by tunnels. Brunswick Street Station is located in the northern inner city suburb of Fortitude Valley. Gloucester Street Station no longer exists. It was formerly located on the Beenleigh line between South Bank (formerly Vulture Street) and Park Road Stations, but was closed by QR (Queensland Rail) in November 1978.

From Quiz CityRail- Moving Sydney

Answer: Carlingford

As its name implies, Carlingford is the terminus of the Carlingford Line. Trains operate hourly from Carlingford to Clyde.

From Quiz Cityrail NSW

Answer: Hornsby

When this question was written in 2006 it is a 4 platform station, upgrading is currently under way to change it into a 5 platform station with plans to be finished by 2007 sometime.

From Quiz Sydney CityTrains

Answer: 11

The CityTrains Suburban network consists of 11 major lines encompassing most of the Sydney metropolitan area: Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra Line Bankstown Line Inner West Line Cumberland Line Airport and East Hills Line Southern Line North Shore Line Western Line Northern Line Carlingford Line Olympic Park Sprint Line There are constant rumours to expand the network, particularly into the densely populated Hills area by extending the Carlingford Line, but so far all promises and proposals have not come to fruition.

From Quiz Named Locomotives on Queensland Rail

Answer: 1770

1770 was named to celebrate the bi-centenary of Captain James Cook's visit to Australia.

From Quiz Riding the Rails Across Australia

Answer: Each state built railway lines with their own choice of gauge

During the 19th century, each colony made their own choice of railway gauge: most commonly narrow (1067 mm), standard (1435 mm) or broad (1600 mm). There were also regional variations in lines constructed for the use of a single local industry, such as the sugar cane trains in Queensland, which had an extremely narrow gauge of 610 mm. This made interstate travel by rail quite complex, as it was necessary to actually change trains at the state borders. Conversion to a standard gauge began in earnest in the 1950s, and completion of the east-west standard gauge line in 1969 made it possible for the Indian Pacific to start its first journey on 23 February 1970. It was near the end of the 20th century before all state capitals were connected by a single common gauge track, but there continue to be a range of different gauges used for local trains around the country.

From Quiz Melbourne Trams

Answer: Gothenburg

The Z1 class was based mechanically on the M28 tram from the Swedish city of Gothenburg, but the body was produced locally by Commonwealth Engineering. These trams suffered from numerous teething troubles and gained a reputation for unreliability; future orders of trams were derived from German technology. Of the 100 delivered from 1975-79, around 25 remain in service.

From Quiz Trains in Australia

Answer: Sugar cane

Most of the lines run on 610mm (2 feet) gauge, which is cheaper to build and upkeep. The trains have small engines, but they are capable of towing over a kilometre of rolling-stock carrying over 2000 tonnes of cane, directly from plantation to mill.

From Quiz Queensland Rail - CityTrain Suburban Network

Answer: 3 Feet 6 Inches (Narrow Gauge)

The entire CityTrain network, and indeed all of QR's operations within the State of Queensland, are operated on narrow gauge. Whilst standard gauge tracks do run form the New South Wales border to Roma Street Station, these tracks are owned and operated by the Rail Corporation of New South Wales. There are, and never have been, any broad gauge tracks in Queensland.

From Quiz CityRail- Moving Sydney

Answer: C3864

The conversions were mainly Series 1 motor cars, but some Series 2 motor cars were involved. This was just after the removal of 'Tulloch' type trailers, which created a shortage of motor cars.

From Quiz Cityrail NSW

Answer: Sydney Terminal

In August 2006 Central celebrated its 100th anniversary. It is the main station in the Cityrail network, though it has not always been this way Redfern used to be the major station.

From Quiz Sydney CityTrains

Answer: 5

There are Four InterCity and One Regional Line: South Coast Line Southern Highlands Line Blue Moutains Line Newcastle and Central Coast Line The Regional Hunter Line operates specifically out of Newcastle for areas of the Hunter Valley region.

From Quiz Named Locomotives on Queensland Rail

Answer: Etheridge

Etheridge is a town in the Atherton Tableland in North Queensland. DL1 has been retained by the QR (Queensland Rail) Heritage Division.

From Quiz Melbourne Trams

Answer: Larger driver's window opening

15 Z2 class trams were delivered in 1979, after the completion of the Z1 order. Of the original 15, only 2 remain in service.

From Quiz Trains in Australia

Answer: Puffing Billy

The Puffing Billy is in the picturesque Dandenong Ranges, and is a great place for families. As with most heritage railways, it is mostly operated by volunteers and train buffs. Pichi Richi is in South Australia, a couple of hours north of the capital, Adelaide. The Zig Zag Railway was a tourist line that closed in 2010 for safety reasons and was further damaged by the 2013 bushfires. It is a switchback line at the foot of the western side of the Blue Mountains. Talyllyn Railway is in Wales.

From Quiz Queensland Rail - CityTrain Suburban Network

Answer: Northgate

Sometimes referred to as Northgate Junction, this station exists in a suburb that consists of housing and light industrial development. The name Northgate was created by the Railway Department in approximately 1890. It is a hybrid name representing the North Coast rail line and Sandgate. The Caboolture line extends all the way to the north of Queensland, never veering too far inland from the coast. The Shorncliffe line, at the time of naming, only extended to Sandgate.

From Quiz CityRail- Moving Sydney

Answer: Black

The target plate is a small piece of coloured metal with a 'set number' on it (e.g. S136). Trains with green or blue target plates operate on the Inner West, South, Airport, East Hills and Bankstown Lines. Trains with black target plates operate on the Western, Northern and North Shore Lines. Red target plated trains operate on the Illawarra Line.

From Quiz Cityrail NSW

Answer: Clyde

Just go one stop further to Rosehill for the Horse Races. On weekends a special "Race Day" train will operate from Hornsby and terminate at Rosehill with Clyde being the last stop beforehand.

From Quiz Named Locomotives on Queensland Rail

Answer: Century

Painted in a striking gold livery, 1281 has been retained by the QR Heritage Division.

From Quiz Melbourne Trams

Answer: Route 82

Route 82 connects the suburbs of Footscray and Moonee Ponds. It is notable for being one of the few tram routes which does not enter the city proper, and for considerable stretches of reserved track, something which is rare in Melbourne.

From Quiz Trains in Australia

Answer: Different rail gauges in each state

Communication mixups, stubborn officials and just plain bad luck led to a multitude of gauges throughout the new colony. There were up to eight gauges operating at one stage in the 1850s, ranging from 2' to 4' 8.5". The rivalry has created many problems between the two states almost since Melbourne was founded in 1835. It even led to a neutral national capital, Canberra, having to be constructed in 1927, midway between the two state capitals. The whole rail shemozzle was not resolved until 1962. Prior to that, it was 'all out, all change' from one platform to another at Albury station, usually in the middle of the night.

From Quiz Queensland Rail - CityTrain Suburban Network

Answer: Corinda

Corinda station is located on the Ipswich line and is the junction for the connecting link to Yeerongpilly. Quadruplication works commenced in 1950 and were completed between Roma Street and Corinda in 1963. The project to complete the other end to Northgate stalled a number of times due to political reasons and was finally completed in..1996! During this long period, travellers on the Caboolture and Shorncliffe lines were treated to the spectacle of platforms at Toombul and Nundah that had no tracks to serve them.

From Quiz CityRail- Moving Sydney

Answer: Central- Town Hall- Wynyard- Circular Quay- St James- Museum- Central

North Sydney, Redfern, Bondi Junction, Milsons Point and Edgecliff are not City station. A ticket to 'City' allows you to alight and/or board at any of the stations in the City Circle, as well as Martin Place and Kings Cross.

From Quiz Cityrail NSW

Answer: Granville

The Granville railway disaster occurred on January 18, 1977 and is Australia's worst rail disaster. The 6:09am from Mt Victoria derailed and hit the supports of a motor vehicle bridge. A total of 83 people perished in this tragic accident.

From Quiz Sydney CityTrains

Answer: 7

Apart from the Olympic Spring Line, the Carlingford Line is the smallest in the entire network. Starting out from Clyde station, the first stop heading north is Rosehill (get off there for Rosehill Gardens racecourse) followed by Camellia, Rydalmere, Dundas, Telopea and finally Carlingford. The line consists only of a single line and trains only run about an average of one every 55 minutes out of Clyde. Better off driving!

From Quiz Named Locomotives on Queensland Rail

Answer: Gladstone

Gladstone is a city on the Central Queensland coast which is the exit point for the majority of the State's export coal trade.

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