Railway | Discovering Queensland

Queensland's railway construction commenced in 1864, with the turning of the first sod of the Main Line by Lady Diamantina Bowen, the wife of Queensland's first governor Sir George Bowen at Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

Opening of the railway

Roma Street Railway Station, railway construction, c 1875

Roma Street Railway Station, railway construction, c1875

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Roma Street Station, c1880

Exterior of Roma Street train stations

Roma Street Station.

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Roma Street Railway Station

View of Roma Street train station with smoke rising from chimney

Roma Street Railway Station looking towards Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane, 1898

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Roma Street Station, c1936

Roma Street Railway Station with steam trains in foreground, c 1936

New Goods Yard at Roma Street Railway Station, c 1936

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Roma Street Station, 1957

Art deco Roma Street Country Station

Roma Street Station, 1957

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Central Station, 1985

Perspective view of Central Railway Station from Ann Street, 1985

Central Station, Ann Street Brisbane, 30 April 1985

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