Australia’s Electric Tilt Train | Brisbane to Rockhampton in Business Class

Find out what it's like to travel 640km by train between Brisbane and the Rockhampton in central Queensland on the electric Tilt Train. In this video you'll get to take a look inside both the business and economy class seats; discover the food and drink options; and get to see some of the beautiful scenery along the way. The Tilt Train helps connect some of Queensland's most iconic tourist destinations with links to the Southern Great Barrier Reef, the Capricorn Coast, Bundaberg, Burnett, the Fraser Coast and the Sunshine Coast. The Tilt Train set an Australian speed record of 210km/h during a trial run in 1999. It's top service speed is 160km/h - equivalent to the Transwa Prospector, V/Line VLocity railcars and NSW CountryLink XPTs. The electric Tilt Train is operated by Queensland Rail. Tilt Train timetable: https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.aspx Tilt Train fares: https://queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/BookingSite/rail/search #TiltTrain #QueenslandRail #ThisIsQueensland 🚉 Train: The Tilt Train 🚉 Operator: Queensland Rail 🚉 Locomotives: Tilt Train (electric) set named The City of Rockhampton 🚉 Seat: A16 🚉 Route: Brisbane Roma Street - Rockhampton via the North Coast Railway Line 🚉 Distance: 639km 🚉 Travel time: 6 hours 45 mins (scheduled) 🚉 Class: Business 🚉 Travel date: 4 November 2021 EQUIPMENT: 🚉 Camera: GoPro Hero 10, GoPro Hero 8 and iPhone 12 Pro Max Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Roma Street Station 01:35 The Electric Tilt Train 02:30 Brisbane 02:50 Boarding and seat tour 04:40 Departure and announcements 05:18 Meal options 05:55 Business class features 06:30 Outer Brisbane 07:10 Reaching top speed 07:30 Lunch and the Sunshine Coast 08:50 Route map and Nambour 11:10 Accessible toilet tour 11:50 Sunshine Coast scenery 13:15 Onboard menu and entertainment guide 13:45 Gympie North 14:30 Visiting the cafe / galley 15:00 Maryborough West and the Fraser Coast 16:55 Bundaberg and Burnett River 19:00 Australian train speed record from 1999 19:29 Economy class seating and walk through 20:45 Wine time and Miriam Vale 21:50 Tilt Train timetable and fares 22:40 Gladstone 24:25 Final thoughts 25:00 Arrival in Rockhampton 26:02 Freight train in Denison Street, Rockhampton Image credits: Passenger Rail Services map by Lencer, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons OpenRailwayMap: https://www.openrailwaymap.org Nambour Station photo: TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Information sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Tilt_Train https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/railexperiences/ourtrains/tilttrain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Australia Queensland place names search: https://www.resources.qld.gov.au/qld/environment/land/place-names/search#/search=Mooloolah&types=0&place=Mooloolah22613 The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich