Traveston railway station

Traveston
Station statistics
Address Howe Road, Traveston
Lines
Platforms 1 total (1 side platform)
Other information
Owned by Queensland Rail
Fare zone 23 (TransLink)
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
Nambour and Gympie North Line
Terminus

Traveston Station is a railway station at Traveston on the Nambour and Gympie North Line of South East Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network.

The station is in Zone 23 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.

Traveston has a short platform and can only accommodate one car at a time. Passengers wishing to use Traveston should always ensure that they are in the front car of the train.

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1925 derailment disaster

On 9 June 1925 there was a derailment near Traveston of the Rockhampton Mail train on a high timber trestle bridge[1]. 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.[2]

Services by platform

Platform Line Destination Notes
1 Nambour & Gympie North
Nambour & Gympie North
Gympie North
Brisbane City
All stations
Express

TransLink bus routes servicing Traveston

See also

References

  1. ^ The Traveston Smash Armstrong, J. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, December, 1969 pp282-286
  2. ^ Hallam, Greg (1999). "Chapter 3: The Sunshine Route - Brisbane to Bundaberg". Volume 6: The Sunshine Route - Brisbane to Cairns. SunSteam Inc. Archived from the original on 2003-04-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20030411221812/http://www.sunsteam.org.au/Chapter6-3.htm. Retrieved 2003-04-11.  Retrieved from the Internet Archive on 2006-06-09.

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