The EMUs have been progressively retired from service since 2018. The last of them made its final journey on the tracks on Saturday, in Queensland Rail’s End of the Line tour.
The tour left from Roma Street station platform three, and ran on the Caboolture, Ipswich, Ferny Grove and Shorncliffe lines, stopping all stations, to give the public one last chance to ride an EMU.
EMU59 remained on platform 10 for 10 minutes on Saturday evening to allow people to take photos and say farewell.
Queensland Rail executive general manager of operations Rob Hill said the trains were a symbol of progress in Queensland as the state was developing its own identity.
“They will always be remembered for the role they played in shaping rail in Queensland,” Hill said.
The EMU fleet was manufactured at Walkers Maryborough, with a total of 88 units delivered between 1979 and 1987.
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Each train travelled almost 12 million kilometres across the south-east Queensland network since their introduction.
On Facebook, one woman posted about memories of her father, a Queensland Rail driver, occasionally taking her to school on the EMU trains.
“He said they were the best to drive, you actually felt like you were driving a train,” Kelly said.
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