Helidon railway station
Westbound view in July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Turner Street, Helidon | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°32′53″S 152°07′23″E / 27.5480°S 152.1231°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Traveltrain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 115.27 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1866 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Helidon railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Helidon in the Lockyer Valley Region. The station has one platform with a passing loop, opening in 1866.[1]
History
[edit]An 1891 Railway Tourist Guide says this of Helidon Station:[2]
"Thence across open forest flats and rolling ridges with red box gums , silver leaf ironbark, and apple tree ; ranges showing in the background to the north and south, until the arrival at Helidon, 72 miles from Brisbane at 462 feet altitude. Here is a well-appointed refreshment room where the traveler can obtain a regular lunch, or sandwiches, tea, coffee, milk or any hotel beverage at the bar. Two miles from here is the Helidon Spa water spring"
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Services
[edit]It is also a timetabled stop for Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander services:
- 3S86 (Roma Street - Charleville) stops here on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- 3987 (Charleville - Roma Street) stops here on Thursdays and Saturdays
References
[edit]- ^ "Helidon". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ Meston, Archibald (1891). Queensland railway & tourists' guide : compiled under instructions from the Queensland Railway Commissioners, with concise history of the colony, and complete description of all country traversed by the railway lines, with interesting extra information. Brisbane: Gordon and Gotch. p. 29.
External links
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- Helidon station Queensland's Railways on the Internet