If the cardholder exceeds their entitlement for the fortnight, they are entitled to half fare travel as often as they wish.
Download Fact Sheet. Customers with this concession card receive the same rail entitlements as a Queensland Resident Pension Concession Card holder. This pass is available for travel on all Queensland Rail Travel services and includes sleepers.
Additional costs apply for meals and other ancillary products. To receive a discounted student fare on Queensland Rail Travel, a valid student identification card must be presented for all customers aged 16 years and over. Customers under 16 years of age are classified as children, and travel at the child rate.
International Backpacker discounted fares on Queensland Rail travel services are available to bona fide overseas backpackers visiting Australia. A valid international passport and backpacker identification is required to qualify for this discount. International backpackers without this identification are not eligible for a backpacker fare. Travel passes are also available for international visitors. Find out more about Travel Passes.
Policy Centre. Eligible for Concessions Rollup Image. Eligible for Concessions. Lines pushed out into the vastness of Queensland. Many places in Queensland were created with the advent of the railway, and the demand for the railway as a service also meant many industries grew along with the railway. In December a grand railway plan was presented to Parliament which approved the construction of a railway link from Rockhampton to Cairns, thus connecting the major towns of Queensland along the coast and those of the Great Western Railway.
Most railway construction came to an end in the s as increased use of the motor car started to threaten the dominance of the train. Although most of the major towns in Queensland at this time had their own railway, the impact of the s depression meant that investment in the railway network and rollingstock all but dried up.
This had major repercussions when Japan entered World War Two and Australia was under threat with invasion. With troops, aircraft and naval forces being moved to the war zone, Australia became the closest safe supply base for the Allies. By the wars end hundreds of thousands of troops had needed huge quantities of ammunition, fuel and food, and as the coast of Queensland was a war zone, the railways were used extensively and ultimately to the point of near exhaustion.
As a result of the near heroic effort, the railway ended the war in a rundown state with a huge backlog of repairs that took years to restore. Despite the introduction of diesel locomotives and air-conditioned long distance trains to regional centres in the s, it took over a decade to recover from the effects of the war.
By the s the growing coal export market was the catalyst for the expansion of coal haulage railways in central Queensland. The Mount Isa and Collinsville lines were rebuilt to cope with the growth of mineral and export traffic and were the first to adopt a planned project basis for their construction.
The s and s saw the completion of the ambitious electrification scheme in central Queensland, the North Coast Line line to Rockhampton, and the suburban network of Brisbane. It was also a major period of change in the role of the suburban railway in Brisbane. A new cross river rail link was built in , the first air-conditioned electric trains were introduced in , and by most of the suburban area had electric trains. Nearly half the population was uneducated and prosperity rested on wool.
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