Helidon railway station
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]
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 Westbound view in July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Turner Street, Helidon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1866 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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History
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"
Services
It is also a timetabled stop for Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander services:
- 3S86 (Roma Street - Charleville) stops here on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- 3987 (Charleville - Roma Street) stops here on Thursdays and Saturdays
References
- "Helidon". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- Meston, Archibald (1891). Queensland railway & tourists' guide : compiled under instructions from the Queensland Railway Commissioners, with concise history of the colony, and complete description of all country traversed by the railway lines, with interesting extra information. Brisbane: Gordon and Gotch. p. 29.
External links
- Helidon station Queensland's Railways on the Internet