Queenstown railway station

Queenstown
View from Driffield Street in November 2017
General information
Location	Driffield Street, Queenstown, Tasmania
Coordinates	42°04′46″S145°33′15″E / 42.0795°S 145.5541°E / -42.0795; 145.5541
Line	West Coast Wilderness Railway
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
History
Opened	4 November 2000
Location

Queenstown railway station is a railway station in Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia.

First station

The first station was built by the Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company on the Mount Lyell railway line. In the 1920s, a roof was added. ^[1] It closed in August 1963 when the line closed. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Second station

As part of the reconstruction of the Mount Lyell railway line as the West Coast Wilderness Railway, a new station was built slightly south from the original opening in November 2000. ^[5]

Reflist

1. Queenstown The Advocate 7 July 1923 page 3
2. The Last Passenger Train on the Mount Lyell Rly Light Railways issue 13 Winter 1963 page 11
3. Closure of the Mt Lyell Rack Railway Divisional Diary July 1963 pages 1-3
4. Mt Lyell Line Closes: Govt Takeover Not Possible Railway Transportation September 1963 page 7
5. West Coast Wilderness Railway Steam Railway issue 521 23 July 2021 page 92

External links

 Media related to Queenstown railway station, Tasmania at Wikimedia Commons