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Traveston
Southbound view in July 2012
General information
Location	Howe Road, Traveston Australia
Coordinates	26°19′11″S 152°46′59″E / 26.3198°S 152.7830°E / -26.3198; 152.7830
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	Queensland Rail
Line(s)	North Coast
Distance	150.34 kilometres from Central
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	600499
Fare zone	go card 8
Website	Queensland Rail
History
Rebuilt	2011
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Following station Coorantowards Roma Street Sunshine Coast LineGympie North service Gympie NorthTerminus

Traveston railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Traveston.

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. 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.

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. 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.

Services by platform

References

1. Traveston rail stop on death row Gympie Times 25 March 2010
2. Historic station saved Gympie Times 24 November 2011
3. "Traveston Station averages four passenger movements a week but cost $128,000 last year to maintain". The Courier-Mail.
4. "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
5. The Traveston Smash Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin December 1969 pp282-286
6. Chapter 3: The Sunshine Route - Brisbane to Bundaberg SunSteam
7. Traveston Platform 1 TransLink

External links

• Media related to Traveston railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Traveston railway accident at Wikimedia Commons
• Traveston station Queensland Rail
• Traveston station Queensland's Railways on the Internet

• North Coast railway line, Queensland
• Regional railway stations in Queensland
• Gympie Region