Chinchilla railway station
Chinchilla | |||||||||||
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 Eastbound view looking towards Toowoomba and Brisbane in July 2013 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Chinchilla Street, Chinchilla | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°44′14″S 150°37′30″E / 26.7371°S 150.6250°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Traveltrain | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Western | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1878 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Chinchilla railway station is located on the Western line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Chinchilla. The station has one platform, opening in 1878. Until 1994, it had a locomotive depot.[1]
Services
[edit]Chinchilla is served by Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander service travelling between Brisbane and Charleville.[2]
The westbound service (3S86) stops at Chinchilla at 2:35am on Wednesdays and Fridays with loading and unloading completed by on-board staff.
The eastbound service (3987) stops at Chinchilla at 3:15am on Thursdays and Saturdays with loading and unloading completed by on-board staff.
Until the end of 1993, Chinchilla was served by Rail motor services 5R16/5665 that travelled between Roma and Toowoomba in conjunction with a railbus service operated by McCafferty's between Toowoomba and Brisbane.
References
[edit]- ^ Chinchilla Archived 4 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Centre for the Government of Queensland
- ^ "Westlander & Inlander timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 19 September 2020.
External links
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Media related to Chinchilla railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Chinchilla station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
