Bundaberg railway station

Bundaberg
Station statistics
Address	McLean Street, Bundaberg Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	24°52′05″S 152°20′43″E / 24.86806°S 152.34528°E / -24.86806; 152.34528Coordinates: 24°52′05″S 152°20′43″E / 24.86806°S 152.34528°E / -24.86806; 152.34528
Line(s)	North Coast Line
Connections	Bus transfer
Platforms	island platform (one side is a bay)
Tracks	2
Other information
Accessible
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station Maryborough West toward Brisbane The Sunlander Miriam Vale toward Cairns Diesel Tilt Train Gladstone toward Cairns Howard toward Brisbane Electric Tilt Train Miriam Vale toward Rockhampton Maryborough West toward Brisbane Spirit of the Outback Miriam Vale toward Longreach Thabeban North Coast line (current and former locations) North Bundaberg

Bundaberg railway station is on the North Coast railway line, Queensland. Bundaberg is serviced by several Queensland Rail passenger trains, including the Tilt Train and is approximately four and a half hours north of Brisbane by rail, a vast improvement on days gone by when Bundaberg was an overnight journey away.^[1][2]

History

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.^[3] It is now in use as a museum.

References

1. ↑ The Bundaberg Mail and its Day Train Counterpart Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, May, 2000 pp165-171
2. ↑ Internet Archive Wayback Machine
3. ↑ Queensland's Rail Heritage: Bundaberg Railway Museum