Toowoomba | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Railway Street, Toowoomba | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°33′27″S 151°57′06″E / 27.5574°S 151.9517°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
Operated by | Traveltrain | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Western Main Southern | ||||||||||
Distance | 162.04 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 side, 1 bay) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1867 | ||||||||||
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Toowoomba railway station | |
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Location | Russell Street, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | 27°33′21″S 151°57′07″E / 27.5557°S 151.952°E |
Design period | 1870s–1890s (late 19th century) |
Built | 1873–1950s circa |
Architect | FDG Stanley |
Official name | Toowoomba Railway Station, Honour Board and Railway Yard Structures |
Type | state heritage (built) |
Designated | 21 October 1992 |
Reference no. | 600872 |
Significant period | 1870s–1930s (historical) 1873–ongoing (social) |
Significant components | air raid shelter, railway refreshment room/s, furniture/fittings, residential accommodation – workers' quarters, railway station, yard, views from, office/s, shed – goods, store/s / storeroom / storehouse, crane / gantry, weighbridge/weigh station, platform canopies/awnings (railway), machinery/plant/equipment – transport – rail, shed/s, views to, out building/s, switch room, pit – brake examination (railway), signal box/signal cabin/switch house/mechanical points (rail), platform, pit – machinery, memorial – honour board/ roll of honour, rest room/retiring room/powder room |
Builders | R. Godsall |
Toowoomba railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Western line at Russell Street, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It serves the city of Toowoomba, which is the junction for the Western, Main and Southern lines. The station has one platform with a passing loop, opening in 1867. It was designed by FDG Stanley and built in 1873 by R. Godsall. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[1]