Ballandean railway station

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Ballandean
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Station building in June 2015
General information
Location New England Highway, Ballandean
Australia
Coordinates 28°48′00″S151°50′34″E / 28.7999°S 151.8429°E / -28.7999; 151.8429 Coordinates: 28°48′00″S151°50′34″E / 28.7999°S 151.8429°E / -28.7999; 151.8429
Owned by Queensland Rail
Operated by Traveltrain
Line(s) Southern
Distance340 kilometres from Brisbane
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusClosed

Ballandean railway station is located on the Southern line in Queensland, Australia. It services the town of Ballandean, a rural district in the Granite Belt.

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Big Dinosaur

Ballanden railway station with Fruitisforus beside the New England Highway, 2015 Ballandean triceratops.jpg
Ballanden railway station with Fruitisforus beside the New England Highway, 2015

The station is a well-known landmark on the New England Highway due to the big dinosaur in front of it, nicknamed the Fruitisforus (Fruit-is-for-us). The dinosaur was originally constructed for a float in the 1998 Apple and Grape Festival. After the festival, the community placed it in front of the railway station to get passing traffic to stop and buy fruit for a community fundraiser. It proved so popular that it was reinforced with fibregrass and painted and made a permanent roadside feature. It is 6.7 metres (22 ft) long and 2.1 metres (6 ft 11 in) high. [1]

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References

  1. "Landmark Legends of Stanthorpe". Granite Belt Wine Country. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.