Queenstown in

Western Tasmania The West Coast of Tasmania is mainly isolated rough country, associated with wilderness, mining and tourism. It served as the location of an early convict settlement in the early history of Van Diemen's Land, and contrasts sharply with the mo ...

has had two railway stations. The original was built for the railway built for the

Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was a Tasmanian mining company formed on 29 March 1893, most commonly referred to as ''Mount Lyell''. Mount Lyell was the dominant copper mining company of the West Coast from 1893 to 1994, and was based in ...

, and lasted until the closing of the railway line in 1962. The newer station was built for the re-built railway, the

West Coast Wilderness Railway The West Coast Wilderness Railway is a reconstruction of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Mount Lyell railway in Western Tasmania between Queenstown and Regatta Point, Strahan. The railway is significant because of its Abt rack s ...

First station (1890s-1962)

The older station was across from the western end of

Orr Street, Queenstown Orr Street, Queenstown is the main street of Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia. Constructed and utilised by 1901, it had operating banks and hotels such as the prominent Empire Hotel at its western end. It also had many commercial offices and sh ...

and the Empire Hotel, without an extensive covering roof. It was covered in the 1920s. The station was a regular point of ceremony for visiting and departing dignitaries, specially during the era when road access was not possible.

2000s station (2000 +)

The 2000s station is located slightly south from the original and is south from the Driffield Street and Orr Streets intersection. It has specifically an all-weather roof and large structure building around the station.

Station sequence

* Queenstown railway station * Lynchford * Rinadeena * Dubbil Barril * Teepookana *

Regatta Point Regatta Point is the location of a port and rail terminus on Macquarie Harbour (West Coast, Tasmania). Port Regatta Point is often assumed into the name of the locality across the bay in Macquarie Harbour, Strahan, Tasmania. The other ports ...

Notes

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