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Western Railway Line, Queensland
The Western railway line is a narrow gauge () railway, connecting the south-east and south-west regions of Queensland, Australia. It commences at Toowoomba, at the end of the Main Line railway, Queensland, Main Line railway from Brisbane, and extends west 810 km to Cunnamulla, passing through the major towns of Dalby, Queensland, Dalby, Roma, Queensland, Roma and Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, although services on the 184 km section from Westgate, Queensland, Westgate to Cunnamulla have been suspended since 2011. The Queensland Government was the first railway operator in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line, and this remains the system-wide gauge. History The initial section of the Western line was built from Toowoomba to Dalby, opening 16 April 1868 (the first section of the Southern railway line, Queensland, Southern line, from Gowrie Junction, Queensland, Gowrie Junction, about 12 km west of Toowoomba, to Warwick, Queensland, Warwick, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toowoomba Bypass
The Toowoomba Bypass, known as Toowoomba Second Range Crossing during planning and construction, is a grade separated, dual carriageway bypass and partial ring road constructed to the north and west of Toowoomba, Queensland. Construction commenced in April 2016. It opened to traffic on 8 September 2019. The Toowoomba Bypass is a toll road. It is the only toll road in Australia that is not located in Greater Sydney, Greater Melbourne, or Greater Brisbane, and the only one that does not pass through a capital city, and one of only 10 located outside New South Wales. History The city of Toowoomba is situated on a plateau on the edge of the Great Dividing Range. A defining characteristic of the city is its high position on an escarpment of the range, which enjoys sweeping views of the Lockyer Valley below. The existing range road was completed in its current alignment in 1939. This road has unfavourable road geometry including tight corners and a rate of climb as high as 10.5%. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jandowae Railway Line
The Jandowae Branch Railway was a railway line from Dalby to Jandowae in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. History The Darling Downs is a very fertile agricultural area in South East Queensland, and was the destination of the first railway built by the State government to facilitate transport and encourage development and immigration. The main line arrived in 1868, and was extended west commencing a decade later. Despite being a productive valley, with Jimbour House being one of the earliest settled areas in the region, a railway was not approved until December 1911, the line opening on 13 August 1914. Initially the junction was situated at Mahar, about 3 kilometres west of Dalby, but a parallel line was built to Dalby within a few years to save on the cost of staffing the junction. The line was undulating, with a maximum grade on 1 in 73 (~1.37%) in the northwest bound direction, and 1 in 83 (~1.2%) in the southeast direction, with curves of a minimum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenmorgan Railway Line
The Glenmorgan Branch is a railway line in south west Queensland, Australia. It opened in a series of sections between 1908 and 1931. It was intended to reach Surat but construction ceased during the 1930s depression and never recommenced. History After the Western Line from Brisbane opened beyond Dalby in the 1870s and the South Western Line passed beyond Warwick in the early 1900s, there was agitation for a service west from Dalby towards Tara. An 84 kilometre extension between the two towns was approved by parliament in April 1908. There was some delay in construction as completion of the Haden and Cooyar branch lines was given priority. The first section of the line opened as far as Kumbarilla on 8 September 1911 including stops at: * Dalby () *Natcha (approx ) serving the Dalby Butter Factory *Yumborra () added in 1956 * Nandi () * Kupunn () * Duleen () * Ducklo () * Gulera () * Kumbarilla () On 4 October 1911, the line opened to Tara, including stops at: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Branch Railway Line
The Bell Branch Railway was a railway line from Dalby, on the Western line, to Bell in Queensland, Australia. History In 1889 Queensland Parliament approved the construction of a line to run northeast from the Darling Downs town of Dalby to the Bunya Mountains but financial hardship prevented the commencement of work. In 1904 further approval enabled construction of a 39 km line to Cattle Creek, later renamed Bell after Lands Minister Sir Joshua Peter Bell Sir Joshua Peter Bell K.C.M.G. (19 January 1827 – 20 December 1881) was an Australian politician and pastoral farming, pastoralist. He was Treasurer of Queensland from 1864 to 1866 and from 1871 to 1874, and Queensland Legislative Council, Pr .... The branch opened for business on 10 April 1906 and stops were established at Bonyumba, Sanatorium, Mocatta's Corner, Moffatt, Kaimkillenbun, Squaretop, Warmga and Koondai-i. A daily service was initially provided, a thrice-weekly service sufficed by 1923 and a rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowenville, Queensland
Bowenville is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The town's economy rested on the rail industry and with the winding down of the railways the population declined. In the , the locality of Bowenville had a population of 219 people. Geography Just north of the Warrego Highway east of Dalby, Bowenville has the basic requirements for the traveler, including fuel, a post office, barbecues, a hotel and public telephone. It is a short drive from two major tourist attractions in the region, the historic Jondaryan Woolshed and the New Acland Coal Mine. The Western railway line passes through the locality with Bowenville railway station () serving the town. Further west of the town are three other railway stations on the line: * Auchmah railway station, now closed () *Koomi railway station () * Kommamurra railway station () History Bowen Provisional School opened on 21 June 1898. It became Bowenville State School on 1 January 1909. In 1921, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malu, Queensland
Malu is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Malu had a population of 18 people. Geography The Western railway line, Queensland, Western railway line forms the south-west boundary of the locality, entering the locality from south-east (Jondaryan, Queensland, Jondaryan) and exiting to the south-west (Bowenville, Queensland, Bowenville). The locality is served by Malu railway station (). The Warrego Highway runs immediately south and parallel to the railway line, entering the locality from south-east (Jondaryan) and exiting to the south-west (Bowenville). There are Grain silo, grain silos near the railway station operated by GrainCorp. To the north of the grain silos is a quarry which supplies concrete aggregate, bitumen and sealing aggregates, road base and ballast. Apart from these, the land use is a mixture of crop growing and Pastoralism, grazing on native vegetation. Demographics In the , Malu had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jondaryan, Queensland
Jondaryan is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Jondaryan had a population of 414 people. Geography The Western railway line passes through the locality. The now-closed Jondaryan railway station () served the town, while the Malu railway station on the boundary of the localities of Jondaryn and Malu is still operational (). History The name ''Jondaryan'' derives from pastoral run name first used 1841 by Henry Dennis. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''a long way off''. The town was surveyed in June 1871 by surveyor G.T. Weale. Jondaryan Post Office opened on 1 March 1867. H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh stayed overnight in Jondaryan, then the terminus of the railway line, on 26 February 1868. Jondaryan Provisional School opened on 12 February 1872. On 31 January 1876, it became Jondaryan State School. In June 2015, the closed St Jude's Anglican church was relocated from Acland to the Jondarya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Plains Railway Line
The Cecil Plains Branch was a branch railway line on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. It branched from the Western railway line at Oakey and terminated at Cecil Plains, a distance of . It operated from 1914 to 1994. History On 5 December 1911, the Parliament of Queensland approved the construction of a line to run from the Darling Downs town of Oakey southwest to the Mount Russell region. Work began in May 1914 and the line to Mount Russell opened on 20 September 1915 terminating at the newly named town of Evanslea. Intermediate stops were established at Tangkam, Yargullen, Aubigny, Purrawunda, Motley, Boora-Mugga, Mount Tyson and Mondam. In 1917, work began on a extension of the line further west to Cecil Plains, with intermediate stops established at Norillee, Bongeen, Norwin, Mywybilla, Nangwee and Horrane. That section of the line opened on 29 April 1919. A passenger rail motor service plied the line fortnightly during the 1940s, and weekly durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooyar Railway Line
The Cooyar railway line was a branch line in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The small town of Cooyar is about halfway to Kingaroy in the South Burnett Region. A plan to connect Kingaroy to the south via Cooyar did not eventuate and left Cooyar at the terminus of a branch line running from Oakey west of Toowoomba. History On 2 November 1909, the Queensland Legislative Assembly passed legislation to build a railway line from Oakey to Cooyar, a distance of . The intention was to subsequently extend the line to Tarong, which was connected by rail to Kingaroy and beyond into the Burnett River area. The line was opened to Kulpi (then known as Rosalie) on 29 April 1912. It opened to Peranga on 4 November 1912. The line opened from Peranga to Cooyar on 29 April 1913. The line was partially closed beyond Acland on 1 May 1964, with the last segment closed on 8 December 1969.''The Cooyar Branch Line'' Milne, Rod Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings Siding, Queensland
Kings Siding is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kings Siding had a population of 15 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the south by the Western railway line. The land is relatively flat, ranging from above sea level. The land use is a mix of crop growing and grazing on native vegetation. Kings railway siding was on the Western railway on the boundary between the localities of Kings Siding and Kingsthorpe (). History The locality was officially named and bounded on 7 September 2001. The name refers to the former KIngs railway siding on the Western railway line which, like neighbouring Kingsthorpe, takes its name ''King'' from George King and his family of pastoralists who owned the Gowrie pastoral station from 1841. The siding was established by 1891. In 1902 the siding is called King and Sons' Siding and is adjacent to the coal mine established by the King family, but in 1975 appears simply as King's Siding. Demographic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsthorpe To Haden Railway Line
Haden Branch Railway was a branch railway line from Kingsthorpe to Goombungee and Haden in the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. Kingsthorpe is about twenty kilometres from Toowoomba on the Western railway line. The Queensland Parliament approved a branch line north to Goombungee and Haden in December 1908. The initial railway stations were Cutella, Yalangur, Boodua, Nara, Kudo, Goombungee, Bergen, and Wahoon. First used on 21 December 1910, but officially opened in January 1911, the line terminated at Wahoon which was later renamed Haden after Alice Elizabeth Ruth Paget (née Haden), the wife of the railway minister Walter Paget. Between Goombungee and Haden, sidings were established at Weelu and Neuve. A thrice weekly mixed service was replaced in 1930 by a daily rail motor and a twice weekly goods train A freight train, also called a goods train or cargo train, is a railway train that is used to carry cargo, as opposed to passengers. Freight trains a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
