Traveston railway station
| Traveston | |||||||||||
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| Address | Howe Road, Traveston | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°19′11″S 152°46′59″E / 26.3198°S 152.7830°ECoordinates: 26°19′11″S 152°46′59″E / 26.3198°S 152.7830°E | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Grass area | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 600499 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 23 (TransLink) | ||||||||||
| go card | Accepted | ||||||||||
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Traveston is a railway station on the Nambour and Gympie North Line of South East Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. It 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.
The station has been the subject of some controversy, as Queensland Rail published that it averages a patronage of only 4 customers a week (the lowest on the network). Although, despite costing them $2,500 a week to maintain, they have no plans to close it.[1]
1925 derailment disaster
On 9 June 1925 there was a derailment near Traveston of the Rockhampton Mail train on a high timber trestle bridge.[2] 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.[3]
Services by platform
| Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
| 1 | Nambour & Gympie North Nambour & Gympie North |
Gympie North Brisbane City |
All stations Express |
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See also
- List of South East Queensland railway stations
- Commons:Category:Traveston railway station, Queensland for more images of the station
- Commons:Category:Traveston railway accident for more images of the 1925 accident
References
- ↑ "Traveston Station averages four passenger movements a week but cost $128,000 last year to maintain". The Courier Mail.
- ↑ The Traveston Smash Armstrong, J. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, December 1969 pp282-286
- ↑ 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 11 April 2003. Retrieved 11 April 2003. Retrieved from the Internet Archive on 9 June 2006.