North Coast line, Queensland chronological opening dates

• 20 Dec 1880 Townsville-Stuart opens
• 6 Aug 1881 Maryborough-Gympie opens
• 11 May 1882 Roma Street-Sandgate opens
• 30 Mar 1883 Baddow-Howard opens
• 1 April 1886 First section of duplicated track in Queensland, Albion-Eagle Junction, opens
• 22 Dec 1886 Mayne-Albion duplication opened
• 15 Aug 1887 Howard-Goodwood opens
• 20 Feb 1888 Goodwood-Bundaberg opens, links Bundaberg to Maryborough and Gympie
• 11 June 1888 Petrie-Caboolture opens
• 10 June 1889 Gympie-Cooran opens
• 18 Aug 1889 Roma Street-Central opens, first section in Queensland constructed as dual track
• 1 Feb 1890 Caboolture-Landsborough opens
• 1 May 1890 Bowen-Guthalungra opens, creating the 11th isolated system
• 17 Aug 1890 Eagle Junction-Northgate duplication opens
• 1 Nov 1890 Central-Mayne opens as dual track, completing the 'City Railway'
• 1 Jan 1891 Landsborough-Yandina opens
• 1 April 1891 Cooran-Cooroy opens
• 15 June 1891 Bundaberg-North Bundaberg, over Burnett River opens, links Mount Perry line to North Coast line
• 17 July 1891 Yandina-Cooroy opens, links Bundaberg, Maryborough and Gympie to Brisbane, Chrleville and Wallangarra
• 1 Oct 1891 Guthalungra-Bobawaba opens
• 1 July 1892 North Bundaberg-Rosedale opens
• 1 Aug 1896 Gladstone-Iveragh opens
• 1 Oct 1897 Rosedale-Iveragh opens, links Gladstone to Bundaberg and Brisbane
• 1897 Cairns-Gordonvale opens as Cairns Shire Tramway
• 1898 Steamer service between Gladstone-Rockhampton and Gladstone-Mackay-Townsville commenced
• 6 Nov 1899 Rockhampton-North Rockhampton over Fitzroy River opens as dual track, links Emu Park and Broadmount to Rockhampton and Longreach
• 1901 Stuart-Ayr tramway opened by Ayr Tramway Joint Board
• 1903 Bowen-Bobawaba line closed as public railway, leased to Bowen abattoir
• 18 Dec 1903 Gladstone-Rockhampton opens, links Longreach, Springsure and Clermont to Brisbane and beyond
• 1904 QR resumes operation of Bowen-Bobawaba line as a public railway
• 1910 Gordonvale-Babinda tramway opens
• 1910 Don -Proserpine tramway opened by Bowen Proserpine Joint Tramway Board
• 1 Jan 1911 Stuart-Ayr Tramway purchased from ATJB by Queensland Railways
• 1 July 1911 Cairns-Babinda Tramway purchased from Cairns Shire Council by Queensland Railways
• 18 Oct 1911 Glenmore Junction -Milman opens
• 9 Dec 1912 Babinda-Pawngilly opens
• 30 June 1913 Ayr-Carstairs opens
• 1 July 1913 Paget-Sarina opens
• 3 July 1913 Bobawaba-Home Hill opens
• 1 Sept 1913 Home Hill-Carstairs, including low level Burdekin Bridge opens, links Bowen to Townsville
• 1 Oct 1913 Milman-Yaamba opens
• 14 April 1914 Townsville-Kurukan opens
• 5 April 1915 Kurukan-Rollingstone opens
• 20 July 1915 Sarina-Koumala opens
• 3 Aug 1915 Yaamba-Kunwarara opens
• 1917 Duplication to Caboolture completed
• 31 March 1917 Kunwarara-Marlborough opens
• 2 May 1917 Rollingstone-Moongobulla opens
• 1 July 1917 Don-Proserpine purchased from BPJTB by Queensland Railways
• 19 April 1918 Mackay-Farleigh opens
• 29 July 1918 Moongobulla-Coolbie opens
• 26 Dec 1918 Coolbie-Bambaroo opens
• 5 June 1919 Marlborough-Styx opens
• 21 July 1919 Bambaroo-Toobanna opens
• 13 Sept 1919 Daradgee-Pawngilly opens
• 1 Dec 1919 Toobana-Ingham opens
• 9 August 1920 Styx-Wumalgi opens
• 10 Aug 1920 Koumala-Carmila opens
• 10 Jan 1921 Ingham-Lily Pond opens
• 4 June 1921 Wumalgi-St Lawrence opens
• 24 Sept 1921 St Lawrence-Carmila opens, linking Mackay to Rockhampton and beyond
• 1 March 1922 Gargett-Pakula opened
• 28 Aug 1922 Pakula-Owens Creek opened
• 18 Dec 1922 Innisfail-El Arish opens
• 1 Dec 1923 Farleigh-Proserpine opens, linking Townsville and Ingham with Mackay and beyond
• 3 Dec 1923 El Arish-Feluga opens
• 10 Dec 1924 Lily Pond-Feluga, Innisfail-Daradgee opens, linking Cairns to Townsville and rest of Queensland Railways system
• 1936 Townsville-Stuart duplication opens
• 1957 Burdekin High level bridge opens
• 1963 Stuart-Nome duplication opens
• 17 Nov 1979 Roma Street-Bowen Hills section electrified
• 1979 Brunswick Street-Northgate third line completed
• 24 Nov 1980 Midgee-Rocklands-Gracemere opens
• 3 March 1982 Roma Street-Bowen Hills section electrified
• 18 Sep 1982 Bowen Hills-Northgate electrified
• 23 April 1983 Northgate-Petrie electrified
• 26 May 1986 Rocklands-Port Curtis Junction opens, Gracemere-Port Curtis Junction and Midgee-Port Curtis Junction sections closed
• 28 June 1986 Petrie-Caboolture electrified
• 6 Sept 1986 Gladstone-Rockhampton electrification commissioned
• 28 April 1988 Caboolture-Nambour electrification commissioned
• 23 May 1988 Maryborough bypass opens
• 9 Dec 1988 Gympie bypass opens
• 4 Feb 1989 Nambour-Gympie North electrification commissioned
• 1989 Gympie North-Gladstone electrification commissioned
• 2 May 1993 Mackay realignment opens
• 1 Sep 1993 Bowen realignment opens
• 1995 Gladstone-Rocklands duplication completed
• 2009 Caboolture-Beerburrum duplicated