Re: Passenger Trains on Wharves

[Colin Weaver <weaver@powerup.com.au>]

The Hervey Bay (Colton - Pialba - Urangan) branch ended on Urangan
jetty, and was only removed in recent years.  The last time I was up
that way the track had been removed all the way back to Takura, only a
few Ks from the junction at Colton.

--Colin

Barry Campbell wrote:
> 
> Rich wrote in message <393acc47@dnews.tpgi.com.au>...
> >Melbourne had trains which met boats on Station Pier
> >Did trains ever meet boats in Brisbane? I believe they did in Hobart,
> >Adelaide, and Fremantle
> 
> The original South Brisbane station at Glenelg St (Where Southbank is now)
> served the wharves. I don't know whether trains actually ever met the boats
> though. There might have been the same situation also at Hamilton in
> Brisbane as well as Maryborough, Rockhampton, Mackay, Bowen, Townsville,
> Cairns and Normanton.
> 
> But chances are that the ship came in when it came in, you got off and the
> train left when it left. Queensland was much less formal in those days.
> 
> Barry Campbell