Helidon railway station

Helidon
Westbound view in July 2013
Location Turner Street, Helidon
Coordinates 27°32′53″S 152°07′23″E / 27.5480°S 152.1231°E / -27.5480; 152.1231Coordinates: 27°32′53″S 152°07′23″E / 27.5480°S 152.1231°E / -27.5480; 152.1231
Owned by Queensland Rail
Operated by Traveltrain
Line(s) Main
Distance 115.27 kilometres from Central
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Ground
History
Opened 1866
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
toward Brisbane
The Westlander
toward Charleville
Former services
Grantham   Main Line railway   Lockyer

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]

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 traveller 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"

1550 class locomotive and 2000 class rail motors at Helidon in 1987.

Services

Helidon is served by Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander service travelling between Brisbane and Charleville.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Helidon". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ The Westlander timetable Archived 11 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Queensland Rail 1 January 2015
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