Cairns railway station
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Cairns
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| File:Cairns Railway Station, Queensland, Jan 2013.JPG
Station front in January 2013
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| Location | Bunda Street, Cairns | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Traveltrain | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Coast Kuranda |
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| Distance | 1679.83 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | 7 May 1996 | |||||||||||||||
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Cairns railway station is the terminus of the North Coast line from Brisbane. It serves the city of Cairns. The station has two platforms. It is integrated with the Cairns Central Shopping Centre, with the platforms being built underneath parking areas.
History
The current station was opened by the Minister for Transport Vaughan Johnson on 7 May 1996, adjacent to the previous station that opened in August 1955. It was built as part of the Cairns Central Shopping Centre.[1]
Services
Cairns is the terminus of Traveltrain's Spirit of Queensland service.[2]
It is the starting point for Kuranda Scenic Railway, as well as scenic rail services including the Savannahlander.
Transport links
Cairns station is the starting point for Premier Motor Services services to Brisbane.[3]
References
- ↑ "New Cairns Station Opened" Railway Digest June 1996 page 17
- ↑ Spirit of Queensland timetable Queensland Rail 1 January 2015
- ↑ Timetables Premier Motor Services
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Cairns station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
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