North Coast Daylight Express

North Coast Daylight Express
RUB carriage at Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot in December 2012
Overview
Service typePassenger train
StatusCeased
First serviceNovember 1951
Last serviceFebruary 1990
Former operator(s)State Rail Authority
Route
TerminiSydney
Grafton
Distance travelled696 kilometres
Service frequencydaily in each direction
Line(s) usedNorth Coast

The North Coast Daylight Express was an Australian passenger train operated by the New South Wales Government Railways from November 1951 until February 1990.

It operated from Sydney via the North Coast line to Grafton. It commenced operating in November 1951 formed out a four-car DEB set. However mechanical issues with the set saw it replaced by locomotive hauled RUB set from May 1952.[1]

In July 1974, it was briefly truncated to Taree but overcrowding on the connecting 620/720 railcar saw it restored to Grafton in November 1974.[1]

In October 1985, the North Coast Daylight Express was converted to XPT operation and renamed the Holiday Coast XPT.[2][3] It ceased operating in February 1990.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Cooke, David (1984). Railmotors and XPTs. Australian Railway Historical Society NSW Division. ISBN 0-909650-23-3.
  2. ^ "Proposed Country Train Plans" Railway Digest May 1985 page 132
  3. ^ "More Timetable Changes" Railway Digest November 1985 page 327
  4. ^ "The New Timetable" Railway Digest March 1990 page 94