Helidon railway station

Helidon
Westbound view in July 2013
Location	Turner Street, Helidon
Coordinates	27°32′53″S 152°07′23″E / 27.5480°S 152.1231°ECoordinates: 27°32′53″S 152°07′23″E / 27.5480°S 152.1231°E
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	Traveltrain
Line(s)	Main
Distance	115.27 kilometres from Central
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
History
Opened	1866
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station Gatton toward Brisbane The Westlander Toowoomba toward Charleville

Helidon railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Helidon. The station has one platform with a passing loop, opening in 1866.^[1]

An 1891 Railway Tourist Guide says this of Helidon Station:^[2]

"Thence across open forest flats and rolling ridges with red box gums , silver leaf ironbark, and apple tree ; ranges showing in the background to the north and south, until the arrival at Helidon, 72 miles from Brisbane at 462 feet altitude. Here is a well-appointed refreshment room where the traveller can obtain a regular lunch, or sandwiches, tea, coffee, milk or any hotel beverage at the bar. Two miles from here is the Helidon Spa water spring"

Services

1550 class locomotive and 2000 class rail motors at Helidon in 1987.

Helidon is served by Traveltrain's twice weekly Westlander service travelling between Brisbane and Charleville.^[3]

References

1. "Helidon". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
2. Meston, Archibald (1891). Queensland railway & tourists' guide : compiled under instructions from the Queensland Railway Commissioners, with concise history of the colony, and complete description of all country traversed by the railway lines, with interesting extra information. Brisbane: Gordon and Gotch. p. 29.
3. The Westlander timetable Queensland Rail 1 January 2015

External links

• Media related to Helidon railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Helidon station Queensland's Railways on the Internet