Cairns-to-Kuranda railway line

Cairns-to-Kuranda railway
Cairns-to-Kuranda railway
	Map of the railway
Location	Redlynch to Kuranda (4881), Redlynch, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	16.8631°S 145.6631°E
Design period	1914–1919 (World War I)
Built	1913–1915
Queensland Heritage Register
Official name	Cairns Railway, Section from Redlynch to Crooked Creek Bridge, Cairns to Kuranda Railway, Stoney Creek Bridge, Rail Bridge over Christmas Creek, Kuranda Railway Station, Surprise Creek Rail Bridge
Type	state heritage (built)
Designated	21 August 1992
Reference no.	600755
Significant period	1887–present
Significant components	signals, office/s, turntable, signal box/signal cabin/switch house/mechanical points (rail), garden – bed/s, toilet block/earth closet/water closet, shed – shelter, shed – goods, residential accommodation – station master's house/quarters, office/s, toilet block/earth closet/water closet, shed – shelter, ramp, shed – storage, drain – storm water, tank – water, shed – shelter
Builders	Queensland Railways
	Location of Cairns-to-Kuranda railway in Queensland Cairns-to-Kuranda railway line (Australia)

The Cairns-to-Kuranda Railway is a heritage-listed railway line from the Cairns Region to the Shire of Mareeba, both in Queensland, Australia. It commences at Redlynch, a suburb of Cairns and travels up the Great Dividing Range to Kuranda within the Shire of Mareeba on the Atherton Tableland. It was built from 1913 to 1915 by Queensland Railways. Components of it include Stoney Creek Bridge, the Rail Bridge over Christmas Creek, Kuranda railway station, and Surprise Creek Rail Bridge. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 August 1992. The railway is used to operate a tourist rail service, the Kuranda Scenic Railway. It forms part of the Tablelands railway line.

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