North Coast line, Queensland sectional opening dates

North Coast Line (NCL) opening dates by section 

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.


 * Roma Street - Central			18/8/1889
 * Central - Mayne				1/11/1890
 * Mayne - Northgate			11/5/1882
 * Northgate - Petrie			1/3/1888
 * Petrie - Caboolture			11/6/1888
 * Caboolture - Landsborough		1/2/1890
 * Landsborough - Yandina			1/1/1891
 * Yandina - Cooroy				17/7/1891
 * Cooroy - Cooran				1/4/1891
 * Cooran - Gympie				10/6/1889
 * Gympie - Maryborough			6/8/1881
 * Baddow - Howard			       30/3/1883
 * Howard - Goodwood			15/8/1887
 * Goodwood - Bundaberg			20/2/1888
 * Bundaberg - North Bundaberg		15/6/1891
 * North Bundaberg - Rosedale		1/7/1892
 * Rosedale - Iveragh			1/10/1897
 * Iveragh - Gladstone			1/8/1896
 * Gladstone - Rockhampton		       18/12/1903
 * Rockhampton - North Rockhampton	       6/11/1899
 * Glenmore Junction - Milman		18/10/1911
 * Milman - Yaamba			       1/10/1913
 * Yaamba - Kunwarara			3/8/1915
 * Kunwarara - Marlborough		       31/3/1917
 * Marlborough - Styx			5/6/1919
 * Styx - Wumalgi				9/8/1920
 * Wumalgi - St Lawrence			4/6/1921
 * St Lawrence - Carmila			24/9/1921
 * Carmila - Koumala			10/8/1920
 * Koumala -Sarina				20/7/1915
 * Sarina - Mackay				1/7/1913
 * Mackay - Farleigh			19/4/1918
 * Farleigh - Proserpine			1/12/1923
 * Proserpine - Bowen			1/7/1910 (by Bowen Proserpine Joint Tramway Board)
 * Bowen - Guthalungra			1/5/1890
 * Guthalungra - Bobawaba			1/10/1891
 * Bobawaba - Home Hill			3/7/1913
 * Home Hill - Carstairs			1/9/1913
 * Carstairs - Ayr				30/6/1913
 * Ayr - Stuart 				27/3/1901 (by Ayr Joint Tramway Board)
 * Stuart - Townsville			20/12/1880
 * Townsville - Kurukan			14/4/1914
 * Kurukan - Rollingstone			5/4/1915
 * Rollingstone - Moongobulla		2/5/1917
 * Moongobulla - Coolbie			29/7/1918
 * Coolbie - Bambaroo			26/12/1918
 * Bambaroo - Toobanna			21/7/1919
 * Toobanna - Ingham			1/12/1919
 * Ingham - Lilypond			10/1/1921
 * Lilypond -Feluga			10/12/1924
 * Feluga - El Arish			3/12/1923
 * El Arish - Innisfail			18/12/1922
 * Innisfail - Daradgee			10/12/1924
 * Daradgee - Pawngilly			13/9/1919
 * Pawngilly - Babinda			9/12/1912
 * Babinda - Harvey Creek			Feb 1910 (by Cairns Shire Council - CSC)
 * Harvey Creek - Aloomba			12/6/1903 (by CSC)
 * Aloomba - Gordonvale			Aug 1898 (by CSC)
 * Gordonvale - Cairns			3/5/1897 (by CSC)