Mackay railway station

Coordinates: 21°10′19″S 149°09′35″E / 21.172°S 149.1597°E

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Mackay

Station front in January 2013

General information

Location

Connors Road, Paget

Coordinates

21°10′19″S 149°09′35″E / 21.172°S 149.1597°E

Owned by

Queensland Rail

Operated by

Traveltrain

Line(s)

North Coast

Distance

958.25 kilometres from Central

Platforms

2 (1 side, 1 bay)

Construction

Structure type

Ground

Accessible

Yes

History

Opened

1994

Services

Preceding station	Queensland Rail			Following station
Sarina towards Brisbane		Spirit of Queensland		Proserpine towards Cairns

Mackay railway station is located on the North Coast railway line in Paget, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.^[1] It serves the city of Mackay. The station has one side and one south facing bay platform. Opposite the station are a number of sidings that form part of a trans shipment yard north of the station.

History

The original Mackay station opened in 1885 in Tennyson Street. In 1924, it was relocated to Boddington Street (21°08′56″S 149°10′56″E / 21.1488°S 149.1821°E / -21.1488; 149.1821 (Old Mackay railway station)).^[1] In the 1990s, the rail bridge over the Pioneer River needed to be replaced, which presented an opportunity for re-alignment of the railway line to bypass the Mackay CBD. In 1994, the new alignment opened with the new Mackay railway station in the outer suburb of Paget.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Services

Mackay is served by Traveltrain's Spirit of Queensland service.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "Mackay". When there were stations. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "Rail Transport". Mackay Historical Society & Museum. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "Mackay for Sale" Railway Digest November 1995 page 16
^ "Spirit of Queensland timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 13 June 2020.

External links

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Mackay station Queensland's Railways on the Internet

Queensland Rail railway stations

Queensland Rail Citytrain services and stations

Airport and Gold Coast
Beenleigh and Ferny Grove
Caboolture/Sunshine Coast and Ipswich/Rosewood
Doomben
Exhibition
Redcliffe Peninsula and Springfield
Shorncliffe and Cleveland

Queensland Rail Travel services and stations
Spirit of Queensland	Brisbane (Roma Street) Caboolture Landsborough Nambour Cooroy Gympie North Maryborough West Howard Bundaberg Miriam Vale Gladstone Mt Larcom Rockhampton St Lawrence Carmila Sarina Mackay Proserpine Bowen Home Hill Ayr Giru Townsville Ingham Cardwell Tully Innisfail Babinda Gordonvale Cairns

Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction

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