Scenic route
Kuranda Scenic Railway
Cairns → Kuranda · Australia
- Distance
- 37 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 55 min
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
- Operator
- Queensland Rail
- Train
- Heritage diesel tourist train
- Countries
- Australia
- In service since
- 1891
Navvies hand-carved 15 tunnels and 37 bridges up Barron Gorge in the 1880s; trains still pause at the falls’ lookout above the rainforest.
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