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DateTrainLocationSpeedNotes
1916Melbourne ExpressSouth Australia Ninety Mile Desert, South Australia
From Murray Bridge to Wolseley		35 mph (56.33 km/h) (average)
58 mph (93.34 km/h) (maximum)		[1][2]
1927Geelong FlyerVictoria (state)From Flinders Street to Geelong, Victoria45 mph (72.42 km/h) (average)
70 mph (112.7 km/h) (maximum)		[3]
11 November 1929Caves ExpressNew South Wales From Parramatta to Penrith, New South Wales54 mph (86.90 km/h) (average)[4]
30 April 1934Creamy KateNew South Wales Between Douglas Park and Menangle, south of Sydney75 mph (120.7 km/h)[5]
17 November 1937Spirit of ProgressVictoria (state) Between Werribee and Laverton, near Geelong, Victoria79.5 mph (127.9 km/h)[6]
1947Spirit of ProgressVictoria (state)84 mph (135.2 km/h)[7]
28 April 1951Budd Rail Diesel CarSouth Australia Between Cook (SA) and Rawlinna (WA) on the Nullarbor Plain90 mph (144.8 km/h)[8]
1 December 1951Commonwealth Railways GM classSouth Australia Between Cook (SA) and Rawlinna (WA) on the Nullarbor Plain92 mph (148.1 km/h)[9]
31 March 1987Kalgoorlie ProspectorEastern Goldfields Railway150 km/h (93.21 mph)[10]
6 September 1981XPTNew South Wales Between Table Top and Gerogery, southern NSW113.7 mph (183.0 km/h)[11]
18 September 1992XPTNew South Wales Between Table Top and Yerong Creek, southern NSW119.9 mph (193.0 km/h)[12]
23 May 1999QR Electric Tilt TrainQueensland Between Meadowvale and Avondale, near Bundaberg, Queensland.130.4 mph (209.9 km/h)[13][14][15]
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  1. [1]
    "GENERAL NEWS". The Evening Echo. Vol. , , no. 6946. Victoria, Australia. 17 August 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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    "TO CORRESPONDENTS". Chronicle. Vol. LIX, , no. 3, 021. South Australia. 15 July 1916. p. 16. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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    "Fastest Train in Australia". The Eastern Recorder. Vol. XVII, , no. 904. Western Australia. 3 June 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)}
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    "CAVES EXPRESS". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 11 January 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "NEW RAIL MOTOR'S SPEED". The Labor Daily. No. 3246. New South Wales, Australia. 1 May 1934. p. 7. Retrieved 4 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "VICTORIA'S NEW EXPRESS MAKES 79 MILES AN HOUR". The Age. No. 25, 769. Victoria, Australia. 18 November 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "80 M.P.H. RAIL RECORD". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 16 July 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 6 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "Budd Railcar Makes Two Records Over Nullarbor". The West Australian. Vol. 67, , no. 20, 211. Western Australia. 30 April 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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    "80 M.P.H. RAIL RECORD". National Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 16 July 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 6 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. [10]
    May, Andrew S; Gray, Bill (2006), A history of WAGR passenger carriages, Bill Gray, p. 305, ISBN 978-0-646-45902-8
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    "Visit XPT 'to make transport point'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 56, , no. 16, 782. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 September 1981. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  12. [12]
    "The making of an XPT speed record" Railway Digest November 1992 page 417
  13. [13]
    QR Limited (1999). Annual Report June 1999 (PDF). Brisbane: QR Limited. p. 53. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2009.
  14. [14]
    "QR Tilt Train Sets Australian Rail Speed Record" Railway Digest June 1999 page 15
  15. [15]
    "World's fastest on narrow tracks – National – www.smh.com.au". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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