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Charters Towers railway station (also known as Queenton railway station) is at Queenton, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. It is on the Great Northern line at Charters Towers, 134 kilometres (83 mi) west of Townsville in North Queensland, Australia.




History



The line arrived at Charters Towers in December 1882 and eventually extended west to the city of Mount Isa in 1929. The line was built initially to connect Charters Towers with the Port of Townsville. The spark was the discovery of gold that had taken place in January 1872. Seven years later the rise in gold returns convinced the government to connect the centre to the coast with a more reliable transport conduit. The station was built at Queenton, midway between the two population centres of Charters Towers and Millchester. The station was opened in December 1882 by Premier Thomas McIlwraith.
The signals, crane and subway at the station were listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 30 October 2008.




Services


Charters Towers is served by Traveltrain's Inlander service

the westbound service (3M34) stops at the station at 3.30pm Wednesday and Saturday
the eastbound service (3231) stopping at the station at 7.05am Monday and Friday.




References






Further reading


Brumby, Michael (2006). Charters Towers: 1887. Charters Towers: CTADAG Northern Miner 5 December 1901




External links


Charters Towers station Queensland's Railways on the Internet

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