Traveston is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Nambour/Gympie North line. It opened in 1889 and serves the Gympie town of Traveston. It is a ground level station, featuring one side platform, and is the shortest railway station in Queensland.
History Traveston station consists of one short platform that can only accommodate one carriage, requiring passengers to alight via the front door of services. A timber waiting room shelter is located behind the platform at ground level. Opposite the platform lies a crossing loop.
In 2010, the station was threatened with closure after the waiting room was deemed unsafe.Traveston rail stop on death row Gympie Times 25 March 2010 However, in 2011 it was decided to restore the shelter, despite it being the least used station in on the Queensland Rail Citytrain network with an average of four passengers per week.Historic station saved Gympie Times 24 November 2011
Services Traveston is serviced by two daily Citytrain network services in each direction.
1925 derailment disaster On 9 June 1925, the Rockhampton Mail derailed near Traveston on a high timber trestle bridge.The Traveston Smash Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin December 1969 pp282-286 Ten people were killed and 48 injured when a passenger car and the luggage van plunged off the bridge, and another passenger car was pulled on its side. It resulted in baggage cars being specially built for passenger trains and ended the use of certain types of goods vehicles on passenger trains.Chapter 3: The Sunshine Route - Brisbane to Bundaberg SunSteam
Services by platform Traveston platform arrangementPlatformLineDestinationsNotes 1 Gympie North [ Traveston Platform 1] TransLink Roma Street (to Ipswich/Rosewood line)
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External links
Traveston station Queensland Rail Traveston station Queensland's Railways on the Internet