The Gold Coast Motorail was an Australian passenger train operated by the Public Transport Commission from March 1973 until February 1990.[1]

Gold Coast Motorail

Gold Coast Motorail at Sydney Central
Overview
Service type	Passenger train
Status	Ceased
First service	3 March 1973
Last service	11 February 1990
Successor	Unnamed XPT service
Former operator(s)	State Rail Authority
Route
Termini	Sydney Central Murwillumbah
Distance travelled	934 kilometres
Service frequency	nightly in each direction
Train number(s)	NL3/NL4
Line(s) used	North Coast
Technical
Rolling stock	HUB RUB stainless steel sleepers

It operated from Sydney via the North Coast line to Murwillumbah. It departed Central railway station in Sydney. It was formed of air-conditioned HUB/RUB sitting carriages along with stainless steel sleepers as well as having a motorail facility.[2] Its headcode was NL3/NL4.

In May 1987, it was renamed the Pacific Coast Motorail.[3] In February 1990 it was replaced by an unnamed XPT service.[4]

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