Gatton railway station
Gatton | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Westbound view in July 2013 looking towards Toowoomba and Charleville | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Crescent Street, Gatton | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°33′16″S 152°16′39″E / 27.5545°S 152.2776°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Traveltrain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 97.16 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1866 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gatton railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Gatton in the Lockyer Valley Region. The station has two side platforms, opening in 1866.[1]
Services
[edit]Gatton is served by Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander service travelling between Brisbane and Charleville.[2]
The westbound service (3S86) stops at Gatton at 9:14pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays only in passengers have been prebooked
The eastbound service (3987) stops at Gatton at 9:00am on Thursdays and Saturdays only if passengers have been pre-booked
Transport links
[edit]Laidley Bus Services operates one bus route via Gatton station:
- 539: Heildon to Rosewood station service[3] - this service was once operated by McCafferty's (now operating under the auspices of Greyhound Australia)
until the end of 1993, 539 used to travel to Toowoomba where it connected with 5R16 Railmotor Service to Roma and it's return service 5565
References
[edit]- ^ "Gatton". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "Westlander & Inlander timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Route 539 timetable". Translink.
External links
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Media related to Gatton railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Gatton station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
