Traveston railway station

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Traveston Railway Station, Queensland, July 2012.JPG
Southbound view in July 2012
General information
LocationHowe Road, Traveston
Australia
Coordinates 26°19′11″S152°46′59″E / 26.3198°S 152.7830°E / -26.3198; 152.7830
Owned by Queensland Rail
Operated byQueensland Rail
Line(s) North Coast
Distance150.34 kilometres from Central
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station code 600499
Fare zone go card 8
Website Queensland Rail
History
Rebuilt2011
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station QRLogoSmall.png Queensland Rail Following station
Cooran
towards Roma Street
Sunshine Coast Line
Gympie North service
 Gympie North
Terminus

Traveston railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Traveston.

Contents

History

Traveston station consists of one short platform that can only accommodate one carriage, requiring passengers to alight via the front door of services. A timber waiting room shelter is located behind the platform at ground level. Opposite the platform lies a crossing loop.

In 2010, the station was threatened with closure after the waiting room was deemed unsafe. [1] However, in 2011 it was decided to restore the shelter, despite it being the least used station in on the Queensland Rail Citytrain network with an average of four passengers per week. [2] [3]

Services

Traveston is serviced by two daily Citytrain network services in each direction. [4]

1925 derailment disaster

On 9 June 1925, the Rockhampton Mail derailed near Traveston on a high timber trestle bridge. [5] Ten people were killed and 48 injured when a passenger car and the luggage van plunged off the bridge, and another passenger car was pulled on its side. It resulted in baggage cars being specially built for passenger trains and ended the use of certain types of goods vehicles on passenger trains. [6]

Services by platform

PlatformLineDestinationsNotes
1 Sunshine Coast Brisbane Roma Street & Gympie North [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Traveston rail stop on death row Gympie Times 25 March 2010
  2. ↑ Historic station saved Gympie Times 24 November 2011
  3. ↑ "Traveston Station averages four passenger movements a week but cost $128,000 last year to maintain". The Courier-Mail .
  4. ↑ "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink . 2 March 2020.
  5. ↑ The Traveston Smash Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin December 1969 pp282-286
  6. ↑ Chapter 3: The Sunshine Route - Brisbane to Bundaberg SunSteam
  7. ↑ Traveston Platform 1 TransLink
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