Helidon | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Turner Street, Helidon | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°32′53″S152°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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Helidon railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Helidon in the Lockyer Valley Region. 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 traveler 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"
It is also a timetabled stop for Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander services:
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