Proposed site of railway station, behind Old Flour Mill, Brisbane Street, Ipswich, 1970

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TitleProposed site of railway station, behind Old Flour Mill, Brisbane Street, Ipswich, 1970Date Created1970PhotographerKerry Paul Smith (1950-2025)AcknowledgementKerry Smith

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DescriptionThis proposed site for an extra station would not go ahead.Additional Information There have been three stations at Ipswich and one which was not completed. The first station was on a north south alignment immediately south of the Bremer River road rail bridge. It opened on 31 July 1865. When the extension from Ipswich to Sherwood (Brisbane) opened on 5 October 1874, space did not a direct connection and trains had to reverse direction. When the Ipswich deviation was opened on 26 April 1875, it provided a direct line through Ipswich, the 1865 was last on a branch. Trains from Brisbane had to pass the junction and then back in, while those from Toowoomba could run straight into the station but had to reverse out before continuing to Brisbane.

A contract was let to Henry Wyman on 9 March 1886 for 7446 pounds to build a new station on the through line, in a cutting. The new station opened on 17 October 1887.

This station had just one through platform with dock platforms either end. Work began in 1914 on substantial alterations which included building a new station west of the original station on the through alignment between West and Waghorn Streets, and island platforms with provision for dock platforms between the island faces at the western end for branch trains. Work continued slowly for five years, with major work including building a subway in line with West Street, drainage, new platform, and foundations for the station in 1919 20. The buildings were never erected.
References (offline)Additional information provided by Greg Hallam, historian with Queensland Rail.

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Proposed site of railway station, behind Old Flour Mill, Brisbane Street, Ipswich, 1970