Wallangarra railway station
Wallangarra | |||||||||||
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Queensland platform (western side), May 2008 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Rockwell Street, Wallangarra Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°55′24″S 151°55′55″E / 28.9232°S 151.9319°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 878 metres (2,881 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Traveltrain | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Northern (New South Wales) Southern (Queensland) | ||||||||||
| Distance | 792.81 km (492.63 mi) from Sydney 358.49 km (222.76 mi) from Brisbane | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Disused | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 4 February 1887 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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| Location | Woodlawn Street, Wallangarra, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°55′17″S 151°55′58″E / 28.9213°S 151.9327°E | ||||||||||
| Design period | 1870s–1890s (late 19th century) | ||||||||||
| Built | 1887–1890s circa | ||||||||||
| Official name | Wallangarra Railway Station and Complex | ||||||||||
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) | ||||||||||
| Designated | 28 March 2003 | ||||||||||
| Reference no. | 601242 | ||||||||||
| Significant period | 1887–1972 (historical) | ||||||||||
| Significant components | railway siding, office/s, residential accommodation – station master's house/quarters, out building/s, yards – livestock, platform, railway station, furniture/fittings, loading bay/dock, views to | ||||||||||
| Builder | George Bashford | ||||||||||
Wallangarra railway station is a heritage-listed disused railway station located on both the Southern line and Main North line, which served the Darling Downs town of Wallangarra in Queensland, and the New England town of Jennings in New South Wales. It was built in 1877 along the state border and was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 March 2003.
Wallangarra railway station was on the only railway route between Sydney and Brisbane and had to handle the break-of-gauge where Queensland Railways' 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Southern line met the New South Wales Government Railways' 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Main Northern line. Wallangarra was the terminating point for the Sydney Mail, with passengers transferring to the Brisbane Limited for the remainder of the journey to Sydney. In 1930 New South Wales's North Coast line from Sydney to Brisbane was completed; as it used only standard gauge for the whole route, it was a more efficient route than travelling via Wallangarra, leading to the decline of Wallangarra station. However, Wallangarra continued to be served by passenger trains until the services from Brisbane and Sydney were truncated at Toowoomba and Tenterfield respectively on 1 February 1972.