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− | Now nothing remains of the railway or its structures at '''Laura'''. The former station yard is now a woodland. A section of the former track right-of-way through '''Laura''' is now a walking and cycling "rail trail" and work is underway to extend this to '''Booleroo Centre''' where it will join the existing '''Southern Flinders Rail Trail''' from '''Booleroo Centre''' to '''Wilmington'''. | + | Now nothing remains of the railway or its structures at '''Laura'''. The former station yard is now a woodland.<br> |
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| + | The former right-of-way from just south of '''Laura''' to '''Wilmington''' is now an 80km walking, cycling and horse riding trail, the '''[https://www.railtrails.org.au/trails/southern-flinders-rail-trail/ Southern Flinders Rail Trail]'''. |
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Latest revision as of 14:09, 11 November 2023
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Distance from Gladstone: 11¼ kms, 7 miles
A manned station on the Gladstone-Wilmington Line until 1983 when all the station staff on the line were withdrawn.
Station and goods loops, a stockyard siding and a turning WYE.
The Gladstone-Wilmington Line is unsignalled. Train Order working is in operation on the line.
Laura was the terminus of the line from 1884 to 1910 which explains the presence of a turning WYE and the "Grade 1" stone station building.
Passenger services ended in 1969. The goods and stockyard facilities were closed at the end of 1984. The line was closed in 1990 and the track has since been removed.
Now nothing remains of the railway or its structures at Laura. The former station yard is now a woodland.
The former right-of-way from just south of Laura to Wilmington is now an 80km walking, cycling and horse riding trail, the Southern Flinders Rail Trail.
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