Bundaberg railway station
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Station in Queensland, Australia
Bundaberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Northbound view from Platform 1 in July 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | McLean Street, Bundaberg Central, Queensland Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°52′05′′S 152°20′43′′E / 24.86806°S 152.34528°E / -24.86806; 152.34528 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Traveltrain | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 335.98 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 side, 1 bay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Bundaberg railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the city of Bundaberg.
History
[edit ]Bundaberg's first railway station, on the Mount Perry railway line, was built in 1881 as a transfer station to the Bundaberg docks for shipping coal from nearby mines.[1] It is now in use as a museum. The station has one side platform and a south facing bay platform. A yard exists opposite the station.
Services
[edit ]Bundaberg is served by long-distance Traveltrain services; the Spirit of Queensland , Spirit of the Outback and Tilt Train .[2]
It was also the terminal point for a Tilt Train service.[3] It was previously served by the Bundaberg Mail.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ Bundaberg Railway Museum Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Rail Heritage
- ^ "Timetable". www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Hui, Jin (22 May 2023). "Stopping of tilt train covered for Bundaberg rail passengers". Bundaberg Today. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ The Bundaberg Mail and its Day Train Counterpart Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin May 2000 pp165-171
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Bundaberg railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Bundaberg station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
