Traveston railway station
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Traveston
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| File:Traveston Railway Station, Queensland, July 2012.JPG
Southbound view in July 2012
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| Location | Howe Road, Traveston Australia |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | City network | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Coast | ||||||||||
| Distance | 150.34 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | 600499 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | go card 23 | ||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | 2011 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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Traveston railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Traveston.
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History
Traveston station consists of one short platform that can only accommodate one carriage, requiring passengers to alight via the front door of services. A timber waiting room shelter is located behind the platform at ground level. Opposite the platform lies a crossing loop.
In 2010, the station was threatened with closure after the waiting room was deemed unsafe.[1] However in 2011 it was decided to restore the shelter, despite it being the most least used station in South East Queensland with an average of four passengers per week.[2][3]
Services
Traveston is serviced by two daily City network services in each direction.[4]
1925 derailment disaster
On 9 June 1925, the Rockhampton Mail derailed near Traveston on a high timber trestle bridge.[5] Ten people were killed and 48 injured when a passenger car and the luggage van plunged off the bridge, and another passenger car was pulled on its side. It resulted in baggage cars being specially built for passenger trains and ended the use of certain types of goods vehicles on passenger trains.[6]
Services by platform
| Platform | Line | Destinations | Notes |
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| 1 | Sunshine Coast | Brisbane Roma Street & Gympie North | [7] |
References
- ↑ Traveston rail stop on death row Gympie Times 25 March 2010
- ↑ Historic station saved Gympie Times 24 November 2011
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Sunshine Coast line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
- ↑ The Traveston Smash Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, December 1969 pp282-286
- ↑ Chapter 3: The Sunshine Route - Brisbane to Bundaberg SunSteam
- ↑ Traveston Platform 1 TransLink
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Traveston station Queensland Rail
- Traveston station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
