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Eudlo railway station

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Eudlo is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Sunshine Coast line. It opened in 1891 and serves the Sunshine Coast town of Eudlo. It is a ground level station, featuring one side platform.

LocationRosebed Street, Eudlo
Coordinates26°43′32.21″S 152°57′23.3″E
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Eudlo
Northbound view from the station in September 2012
General information
LocationRosebed Street, Eudlo
Coordinates26°43′32.21″S 152°57′23.3″E
OwnerQueensland Rail
OperatorQueensland Rail
LineSunshine Coast
Distance91.66 kilometres from Central
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure type
Ground
Cycle facilities
No
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station code600490
Fare zoneZone 5
WebsiteQueensland Rail
History
Opened1891; 135 years ago (1891)
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Queensland Rail Following station
Mooloolah Sunshine Coast Palmwoods
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It is one of a small number of stations that can only fit four carriages onto the platform.

History

View over the Eudlo railway station, 1907
Derailed goods train at Eudlo, 1914
Cream cans standing on the platform of the Eudlo railway station, 1932

Eudlo railway station opened in 1891 as part of the section of the North Coast railway line from Landsborough to Yandina.

In 1908, two goods trains collided in Yandina due to a signalling error.[1]

In 1911, a railway worker riding a railway tricycle was struck by a train. Although the tricycle was described as "smashed to atoms", the worker was not seriously injured.[2] In 1912, two trains collided, derailing one of them.[3][4]

In 1924, a number of carriages were derailed from a goods train.[5]

In 1931, a wagon carrying petrol was derailed.[6] In 1933, there was a head-on collision of the Townsville Express (a passenger train) and a goods train, derailing the parlour car and the sleeping cars of the passenger train.[7][8][9]

On 2 September 1939, a passenger train was waiting at the Eudlo station for a freight train to pass, when a failure of the points resulted in the freight train colliding head-on with the passenger train. Realising the collision was imminent, the fireman of the freight train jumped from the train but was killed by a wagon that overturned onto him. Fourteen other railway crew and passengers were injured.[10][11]

In 1942, eleven wagons were smashed when an axle broke.[12]

In 2009, the platform was extended at its northern end with scaffolding and plywood materials.[13] Initially intended as an interim arrangement until a permanent extension was built, the temporary platform remains.[14] Opposite the platform lies a passing loop.

Services

Eudlo is serviced by Citytrain network services to Brisbane, Nambour and Gympie North.[15] To relieve congestion on the single track North Coast line, the rail service is supplemented by a bus service operated by Kangaroo Bus Lines on weekdays between Caboolture and Nambour as route 649.[16]

Services by platform

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Eudlo platform arrangement
Platform Line Destinations Notes
1  Sunshine Coast  Brisbane Roma Street, Nambour Gympie North, Springfield Central & Ipswich [17]
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