The North Coast Daylight Express was an Australian passenger train operated by the

New South Wales Government Railways The New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) was the agency of the Government of New South Wales that administered rail transport in New South Wales, Australia, between 1855 and 1932. Management The agency was managed by a range of differen ...

from November 1951 until February 1990. It operated from Sydney via the North Coast line to Grafton. It commenced operating in November 1951 formed out a four-car DEB set. However mechanical issues with the set saw it replaced by locomotive hauled RUB set from May 1952. In July 1974, it was briefly truncated to

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but overcrowding on the connecting 620/720 railcar saw it restored to Grafton in November 1974. In October 1985, the ''North Coast Daylight Express'' was converted to XPT operation and renamed the ''Holiday Coast XPT''. It ceased operating in February 1990."The New Timetable" ''Railway Digest'' March 1990 page 94

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{{Reflist Named passenger trains of New South Wales Passenger rail transport in New South Wales Railway services introduced in 1951 Railway services discontinued in 1990 1951 establishments in Australia 1990 disestablishments in Australia Discontinued railway services in Australia