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Darra Railway Station
Darra railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Darra. History A stop at "nine miles forty four chain" from Central was established when the line between Ipswich and Brisbane was built in 1874. Service on the line were operating in 1875. No stops at the site were recorded in 1876 or 1877, probably because the stop was not staffed until the following year when passengers were first recorded at Darra station. The name Darra is most probably derived from a Scottish railway town as some of the engineers who were responsible for naming stops were Scottish. A siding at Darra was constructed in 1885 to enable the loading of firewood for Hicks & Gray. In 1954, four platforms were built at the station but only three were used. On 17 November 1979, the Darra to Ipswich line was electrified. Construction of the Springfield line In 2010, the station was upgraded with two additional platforms and a new ticket office built as par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darra, Queensland
Darra is a south-western Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Darra had a population of 4,343 people. Geography Darra is located by road south-west of the Brisbane GPO. The suburb features the cross over of the Ipswich Motorway (M7) and Centenary Motorway (M5). Brisbane Technology Park Westlink Green is located at Westlink Court, next to Darra railway station. Surrounding suburbs include Seventeen Mile Rocks, Queensland, Seventeen Mile Rocks, Oxley, Queensland, Oxley, Sumner, Queensland, Sumner, Richlands, Queensland, Richlands, and Jamboree Heights, Queensland, Jamboree Heights. History The first subdivisions in the area occurred in 1864. Wolston Estate was the property of M. B. Goggs, whose father obtained the land forty years previously in the 1860s and after whom Goggs Road is named. The name ''Darra'' comes from the Darra railway station, which in turn was named in mid-1876 by the Queensland Railways Depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
