Theebine railway station (formerly Kilkivan Junction) is a closed railway station on the North Coast railway line of

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Theebine Theebine is a small town and locality split between the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region, both in Queensland, Australia. Geography The town is located north of the Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. Most of the locality and the to ...

. Slightly south of the railway station is the junction between the main North Coast line and the

Kingaroy Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, north-west of the state capital Brisbane and south west of Gympie. As a ...

branch, which continues into west Queensland. It is also the junction for the Dickabram line.

History

Formerly Kilkivan Junction, it was named by the Railways Department as Theebine on 23 May 1910, using a

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, Ceratodus Forsteri. The Kingaroy to Theebine railway, opened in December 1904, was used for agriculture and commercial freight as well as transporting passengers and was one of the first branch lines built in Queensland. The Theebine to Kingaroy line was officially closed in early 2010.

References

Disused railway stations in Queensland North Coast railway line, Queensland {{Queensland-railstation-stub