Run Numbering Guide¶

Adapted from https://qrig.org/safeworking/train-numbering-guide to only include relevant entries for suburban areas.

1st Number Designation¶

This denotes some informaion about what the locomotive / type of the train is.

1 - 6 car EMU, SMU or HS/SMU in revenue service
2 - EMU/SMU/IMU/ICE empty cars (any length)
D - NGR train in revenue service
J - 3-car EMU, SMU or HS/SMU in revenue service
T - 6-car IMU in revenue service
U - 3-car IMU in revenue service
X - ICE or ICE/EMU in revenue service (any length)

2nd Number Designation¶

This denotes where the train's destination is.

0 - Bowen Hills/Mayne Area
1 - Caboolture (Suburban)
4 - Gympie North
5 - Beyond Darra to Grandchester (except Rosewood EMU services)
6 - Rosewood (suburban EMUs only, even numbers)
7 - Beenleigh line (Suburban)
8 - Cleveland (Suburban)
9 - Roma Street
A - Shorncliffe line (Suburban)
B - Pinkenba / Doomben line (Suburban)
C - Corinda via South Brisbane (Suburban)
C - From Corinda to Yeerongpilly (Suburban)
D - Darra via Toowong (Suburban)
E - Ferny Grove line (Suburban)
F - Various destinations as determined by Control:
    - 0-79 Brisbane District
    - 80-89 Rockhampton District
    - 90-99 Townsville District
G - Beyond Beenleigh to Robina (Suburban)
K - Springfield
L - Yandina (Suburban)
M - From Cleveland to Bowen Hills (Suburban)
N - Exhibition via Brisbane Central (Suburban)
P - Airport Spur (Suburban)
R - From Shorncliffe to Roma Street (Suburban)
S - From Shorncliffe to South Bank/Yeerongpilly (Suburban)
X - Exhibition Direct (Suburban)
Y - Kippa Ring / Petrie
Z - Exhibition (Suburban)

3rd Character - Part of the train ID or additional information¶

Mainly part of the trains actual number but in many cases, the 3rd character is used to supply additional information on the train. If the 3rd character is numeric, there is no additional information. 3rd character alpha codes are not found in any manual or text book. They are usually locally agreed characters and can vary in different parts of the state.

Brisbane district:-

NOTE - 'a' = Alpha, 'n' = numeric, 'x' = alpha/numeric. All descriptions have examples, except “work trains”.

Suburban:
xDYn - Via South Brisbane to Darra (1DY2)
x5Yn - Via South Brisbane to Ipswich (15Y2)
xxPn - School train (18P4) (may be cancelled during school holidays)
xxTn - Extra service for special events etc. (1GT4)
xFXn - Exhibition Circular Services (1FX5)

With the new timetable, third character alpha's are just a continuation of the numerals (IE: 0,1, 2 -> 8, 9, A, B etc. EG: 4 successive Airport trains might be TP97, 1P99, TPA1, 1PA3 etc).