Chinchilla railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Queensland, Australia}}

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| name = Chinchilla

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| style = Queensland Rail

| image = Chinchilla Railway Station, Queensland, July 2013.JPG

| image_caption = Eastbound view looking towards Toowoomba and Brisbane in July 2013

| address = Chinchilla Street, Chinchilla

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| line = Western

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| opened = 1878

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| accessible = Yes

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| owned = Queensland Rail

| operator = Traveltrain

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Chinchilla railway station is located on the Western line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Chinchilla. The station has one platform, opening in 1878. Until 1994, it had a locomotive depot.[http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/chinchilla Chinchilla] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304120419/http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/chinchilla |date=4 March 2015 }} Centre for the Government of Queensland

Services

Chinchilla is served by Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander service travelling between Brisbane and Charleville.{{Queensland Timetables|Westlander}}

The westbound service (3S86) stops at Chinchilla at 2:35am on Wednesdays and Fridays with loading and unloading completed by on-board staff.

The eastbound service (3987) stops at Chinchilla at 3:15am on Thursdays and Saturdays with loading and unloading completed by on-board staff.

Until the end of 1993, Chinchilla was served by Rail motor services 5R16/5665 that travelled between Roma and Toowoomba in conjunction with a railbus service operated by McCafferty's between Toowoomba and Brisbane.

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