North Coast line, Queensland sectional opening dates

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North Coast Line (NCL) opening dates by section [1] [2]

This is a list of the NCL opening dates in sectional order. This list shows the original opening date of each NCL section, ignoring any subsequent deviations etc. A list of the NCL opening dates by chronological order, including the known opening dates for all line construction, including deviations, plus the known dates of other significant NCL related events is here.

StartEndDateRef
Roma Street Central 1889-08-18
Central Mayne 1890-11-01 [3]
Mayne Northgate 1882-05-11 [4]
Northgate Petrie 1888-03-01
Petrie Caboolture 1888-06-11 [5]
Caboolture Landsborough 1890-03-01 [6]
Landsborough Yandina 1891-01-01
Yandina Cooroy 1891-07-17
Cooroy Cooran 1891-04-01 [7]
Cooran Gympie 1889-06-10 [8]
Gympie Maryborough 1881-08-06 [9]
Baddow Howard 1883-03-30
Howard Goodwood 1887-08-15
Goodwood Bundaberg 1888-02-20
Bundaberg North Bundaberg 1891-06-15
North Bundaberg Rosedale 1892-07-01
Rosedale Iveragh 1897-10-01
Iveragh Gladstone 1896-08-01
Gladstone Rockhampton 1903-12-18
Rockhampton North Rockhampton 1899-11-06 [10]
Glenmore Junction Milman 1911-10-18
Milman Yaamba 1913-10-01
Yaamba Kunwarara 1915-08-03 [11] [12]
Kunwarara Marlborough 1917-03-31 [13]
Marlborough Styx 1919-06-05 [14]
Styx Wumalgi 1920-08-05 [15]
Wumalgi St Lawrence 1921-06-04 [16]
St Lawrence Carmila 1921-09-24
Carmila Koumala 1920-08-07 [17]
Koumala Sarina 1915-07-21 [18]
Sarina Mackay 1913-06-07 [19]
Mackay Farleigh 1918-04-19
Farleigh Proserpine 1923-12-01 [20]
Proserpine Bowen 1910-07-02 (by Bowen Proserpine Joint Tramway Board) [21]
Bowen Guthalungra 1890-05-01
Guthalungra Bobawaba 1891-10-01
Bobawaba Home Hill 1913-07-03
Home Hill Carstairs 1913-09-01
Carstairs Ayr 1913-06-30
Ayr Stuart 1901-03-27 (by Ayr Joint Tramway Board)
Stuart Townsville 1880-12-20
Townsville Kurukan 1914-04-14 [22]
Kurukan Rollingstone 1915-04-05
Rollingstone Moongobulla 1917-05-02
Moongobulla Coolbie 1918-07-29
Coolbie Bambaroo 1918-12-26
Bambaroo Toobanna 1919-07-21
Toobanna Ingham 1919-12-01 [23]
Ingham Lilypond 1921-01-10
Lilypond Feluga 1924-12-10
Feluga El Arish 1923-12-03
El Arish Innisfail 1922-12-18
Innisfail Daradgee 1924-12-10
Daradgee Pawngilly 1919-09-13
Pawngilly Babinda 1912-12-09
Babinda Harvey Creek 1910-02 (by Cairns Shire Council, CSC)
Harvey Creek Aloomba 1903-06-12 (by CSC)
Aloomba Gordonvale 1898-08 (by CSC)
Gordonvale Cairns 1897-05-03 (by CSC)

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