Mackay railway station
Mackay | |||||||||||
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 Station front in January 2013 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Connors Road, Mackay | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°10′19″S 149°09′36″E / 21.17194°S 149.16000°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Traveltrain | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Coast | ||||||||||
| Distance | 958.25 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 side, 1 bay) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1994 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Mackay railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the city of Mackay. The station has one side and one south facing bay platform. Opposite the station are a number of sidings that form part of a trans shipment yard north of the station.
History
The original Mackay station opened in 1885 in Tennyson Street. In 1924, it was relocated to Boddington Street. In the 1990s, the rail bridge over the Pioneer River needed to be replaced, which presented an opportunity for re-alignment of the railway line to bypass the Mackay CBD. In 1994, the new alignment opened with the new Mackay railway station in the outer suburb of Paget.[1][2][3]
Services
Mackay is served by Traveltrain's Spirit of Queensland service.[4]
References
- ^ "Mackay". When there were stations. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Rail Transport". Mackay Historical Society & Museum. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Mackay for Sale" Railway Digest November 1995 page 16
- ^ "Spirit of Queensland timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 13 June 2020.
External links
Media related to Mackay railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Mackay station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
