Find out why the Kuranda Scenic Railway is one of Australia's most popular rail journeys and compare the two classes of travel Heritage Class and Gold Class.
In this video, we travel to world heritagelisted wet tropics on a spectacular railway journey that includes towering waterfalls and deep ravines as the train winds through 106 cuttings, 15 handcarved tunnels and 55 bridges in an engineering feat that still impresses today.
Rising from sea level to 328m, the journey to Kuranda includes the stunning Barron Gorge.
In addition to unsurpassed views of rainforest and ravines, we'll learn about the history of the line and the workers who built it.
Kuranda Scenic Railway travels through the ancient World Heritagelisted Wet Tropics Rainforest of the Din Din (Barron Gorge) National Park, to the mountain village of Ngunbay (Kuranda).

Kuranda Scenic Railway website including fares and bookings:
https://www.ksr.com.au

Train: Kuranda Scenic Railway
Operator: Queensland Rail (QR)
Locomotives: QR 1720 class
Seat: Car 7, Seat 33 (to Kuranda) and Car 8, Seat 24 (to Cairns)
Route: Cairns Kuranda
Distance: 33km
Travel time: 1 hour 55 minutes (scheduled)
Class: Heritage Class (to Kuranda) and Gold Class (to Cairns)
Travel date: 29 December 2022

EQUIPMENT:
Cameras: GoPro Hero 10, GoPro Hero 8, iPhone 12 Pro Max, Panasonic HCVX1, DJI Mini 3 Pro

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Reservations and boarding
03:31 Cairns to Freshwater
07:01 Freshwater Railway Station and Redlynch
09:21 Jungara Loop and climbing the range
11:01 Stoney Creek station and waterfall
13:19 Toilet tour
14:11 Barron Falls
16:20 Kuranda Railway Station
19:43 Gold Class travel
21:46 Kuranda to Barron Falls
22:40 Afternoon Tea and views of Cairns
23:58 Stoney Creek Waterfall and Bridge
26:19 Horseshoe Bend and Redlynch
28:32 Fares
29:15 Arriving Cairns and final thoughts
31:03 Spirit of Queensland preview

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Credits and sources:
https://www.ksr.com.au/

https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/heritage...

Photos:
Surprise Creek Railway Bridge, 1920
Queensland Government Archives
https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au...
https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au...

Building Stoney Creek Bridge for the Cairns to Kuranda Railway, 1890
https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au...

Workman on track, Stoney Creek Falls Bridge, 1915
https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au...

Workmen on Bridge No 11, 1889
https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au...

Kuranda Railway Station, 1920
https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au...

Savannahlander, Forsayth
Photo by Lobster1 via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Redlynch railway station (fenced off)
2018
Photo by Kerry Raymond via Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Re...

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