Helidon
Westbound view in July 2013
General information
LocationTurner Street, Helidon
Coordinates27°32′53″S 152°07′23″E / 27.5480°S 152.1231°E / -27.5480; 152.1231
Owned byQueensland Rail
Operated byTraveltrain
Line(s)Main
Distance115.27 kilometres from Central
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
History
Opened1866
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Queensland Rail Following station
Gatton
towards Brisbane
The Westlander Toowoomba
towards Charleville
Former services
Grantham
towards Brisbane
Main Line railway Lockyer
towards Toowoomba

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

History

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 traveler 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

It is also a timetabled stop for Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander services:

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.
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