Chinchilla railway station

Chinchilla
Eastbound view looking towards Toowoomba and Brisbane in July 2013
General information
Location	Chinchilla Street, Chinchilla
Coordinates	26°44′14″S150°37′30″E / 26.7371°S 150.6250°E / -26.7371; 150.6250
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	Traveltrain
Line(s)	Western
Platforms	1
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1878
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Following station Dalby towards Brisbane The Westlander Miles towards Charleville
Location

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]

Services

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

The eastbound service (3987) stops at Chinchilla at 3:15am on Thursdays and Saturdays with loading and unloading completed by on-board staff.^{[ citation needed ]}

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Chinchilla Archived 4 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Centre for the Government of Queensland
2. "Westlander & Inlander timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 19 September 2020.

External links

• Media related to Chinchilla railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Chinchilla station Queensland's Railways on the Internet