Whinstanes railway station
Whinstanes | |||||
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| Coordinates | 27°25′54″S 153°04′38″E / 27.43176°S 153.0771°E | ||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||
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| Platforms | 1 total (single platform) | ||||
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Whinstanes railway station is a former railway station on the Pinkenba railway line in Brisbane, Australia. It was opened in 1897 and, in 1921, became the junction for a branch line constructed to serve wharves at Hamilton.[1] It was only 700 m east of Doomben railway station.
The station was closed in 1976 and was merged with Doomben, due to the expense of constructing higher-level platforms at two closely adjacent stations. For a time, the new station was known as Whinstanes-Doomben, but the "Whinstanes" part of the name was dropped in 1988, after the electrification of the line .
References
- ^ The Australian encyclopaedia. Vol. 7. 1958. p. 368.