Wallangarra railway station

Wallangarra
Queensland platform (western side), May 2008
General information
Location	Rockwell Street, Wallangarra Australia
Coordinates	28°55′24″S 151°55′55″E / 28.9232°S 151.9319°E / -28.9232; 151.9319
Elevation	878 metres (2,881 ft)
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	Traveltrain
Line(s)	Main Northern (New South Wales) Southern (Queensland)
Distance	792.81 km (492.63 mi) from Sydney 358.49 km (222.76 mi) from Brisbane
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	4 February 1887 (138 years ago) (1887-02-04)
Services
Preceding station Former services Following station Terminus Main North Line Sunnyside towards Sydney
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
Location of Wallangarra Railway Station in Queensland
Location	Woodlawn Street, Wallangarra, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	28°55′17″S 151°55′58″E / 28.9213°S 151.9327°E / -28.9213; 151.9327
Design period	1870s–1890s (late 19th century)
Built	1887–1890s circa
Queensland Heritage Register
Official name	Wallangarra Railway Station and Complex
Type	state heritage (landscape, built)
Designated	28 March 2003
Reference no.	601242
Significant period	1887–1972 (historical)
Significant components	railway siding, office/s, residential accommodation – station master's house/quarters, out building/s, yards – livestock, platform, railway station, furniture/fittings, loading bay/dock, views to
Builder	George Bashford

Wallangarra railway station is a heritage-listed disused railway station located on both the Southern line and Main North line, which served the Darling Downs town of Wallangarra in Queensland, and the New England town of Jennings in New South Wales. It was built in 1877 along the state border and was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 March 2003.^[1]

Wallangarra railway station was on the only railway route between Sydney and Brisbane and had to handle the break-of-gauge where Queensland Railways' 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Southern line met the New South Wales Government Railways' 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Main Northern line. Wallangarra was the terminating point for the Sydney Mail, with passengers transferring to the Brisbane Limited for the remainder of the journey to Sydney.^[2][3] In 1930 New South Wales's North Coast line from Sydney to Brisbane was completed; as it used only standard gauge for the whole route, it was a more efficient route than travelling via Wallangarra, leading to the decline of Wallangarra station. However, Wallangarra continued to be served by passenger trains until the services from Brisbane and Sydney were truncated at Toowoomba and Tenterfield respectively on 1 February 1972.^[4]