Mackay railway station
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.
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 Station front in January 2013 | |||||||||||
| Location | Connors Road, Mackay | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°10′19″S 149°09′36″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Traveltrain | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Coast | ||||||||||
| Distance | 958.25 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 side, 1 bay) | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1994 | ||||||||||
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History
The original Mackay station opened in 1885 in Tennyson Street. In 1924, it was relocated to Boddington Street. In 1994, a new alignment that bypassed the city was opened when a bridge over the Pioneer River required replacing, with a new 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
- Rail Transport Archived 16 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine Mackay Historical Society & Museum
- "Mackay for Sale" Railway Digest November 1995 page 16
- "Spirit of Queensland timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 14 December 2018.
External links
Media related to Mackay railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Mackay station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
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