Chinchilla | |||||||||||
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Location | Chinchilla Street, Chinchilla | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 26°44′14″S150°37′30″E / 26.7371°S 150.6250°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
Operated by | Traveltrain | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Western | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1878 | ||||||||||
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Chinchilla railway station is located on the Western line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Chinchilla. The station has one platform, opening in 1878. Until 1994, it had a locomotive depot. [1]
Chinchilla is served by Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander service travelling between Brisbane and Charleville. [2]
The westbound service (3S86) stops at Chinchilla at 2:35am on Wednesdays and Fridays with loading and unloading completed by on-board staff.
The eastbound service (3987) stops at Chinchilla at 3:15am on Thursdays and Saturdays with loading and unloading completed by on-board staff.
Until the end of 1993, Chinchilla was served by Rail motor services 5R16/5665 that travelled between Roma and Toowoomba in conjunction with a railbus service operated by McCafferty's between Toowoomba and Brisbane.
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