Helidon railway station
Helidon | ||||||||||||||||
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Westbound view in July 2013 | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Turner Street, Helidon | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°32′53″S 152°07′23″E / 27.5480°S 152.1231°ECoordinates: 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. The station has one platform with a passing loop, opening in 1866.[1]
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 traveller 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"
Services
Helidon is served by Traveltrain's twice weekly Westlander service travelling between Brisbane and Charleville.[3]
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ The Westlander timetable Queensland Rail 1 January 2015
External links
- Media related to Helidon railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Helidon station Queensland's Railways on the Internet