Queensland rail network at Wallangarra

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The Queensland rail network at Wallangarra is a border railway junction where Queensland’s narrow-gauge system historically met the New South Wales standard-gauge lines, serving as a key interstate transfer point.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border railway station ⓘ
railway junction ⓘ
affectedBy development of through standard-gauge routes between Brisbane and Sydney ⓘ
associatedWith Australian interstate rail history ⓘ
Queensland–New South Wales border ⓘ
borderFunction customs and quarantine inspection point (historical) ⓘ
borderStateConnection New South Wales ⓘ
connectedGaugeType standard gauge ⓘ
connectedOperator New South Wales Government Railways (historical) ⓘ
RailCorp / NSW TrainLink (successor entities, New South Wales side) ⓘ
linked to: NSW TrainLink

State Rail Authority of New South Wales (historical) ⓘ
connectedRailNetwork New South Wales Government Railways standard-gauge network ⓘ
Queensland Rail narrow-gauge network ⓘ
linked to: Queensland Rail
connectedToTown Wallangarra ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
currentStatus reduced interstate transfer role compared to historical peak ⓘ
eraOfPeakUse early to mid 20th century ⓘ
function interstate rail transfer point ⓘ
gaugeRelationship junction between 1067 mm and 1435 mm gauges ⓘ
gaugeType narrow gauge ⓘ
geographicFeatureType railway junction on state border ⓘ
hasInfrastructureFeature break-of-gauge facilities (historical) ⓘ
goods sheds for transshipment (historical) ⓘ
separate platforms for different gauges (historical) ⓘ
station building at Wallangarra ⓘ
heritageSignificance example of border railway junction between different state systems ⓘ
represents historical break-of-gauge practices in Australian railways ⓘ
historicalRole break-of-gauge transfer point between Queensland and New South Wales ⓘ
freight transshipment point between different rail gauges ⓘ
passenger interchange between Queensland and New South Wales trains ⓘ
interstateFunction mail and luggage transfer between Queensland and New South Wales trains (historical) ⓘ
passenger transfer between Brisbane–Wallangarra and Wallangarra–Sydney services (historical) ⓘ
locatedIn Wallangarra, Queensland ⓘ
locatedOnBorderWith New South Wales ⓘ
narrowGaugeWidth 1067 mm ⓘ
openedAsJunctionForQueenslandRail late 19th century ⓘ
operatedBy Queensland Rail (Queensland side, historical and successor entities) ⓘ
linked to: Queensland Rail
railwayLineTerminus Southern railway line (Queensland) ⓘ
reasonForImportance junction of Queensland narrow gauge and New South Wales standard gauge ⓘ
key interstate rail link between Brisbane and Sydney (historical) ⓘ
servedRegion Darling Downs hinterland ⓘ
linked to: Darling Downs

Granite Belt region ⓘ
linked to: Granite Belt
standardGaugeWidth 1435 mm ⓘ
state Queensland ⓘ
transportCategory rail infrastructure ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ

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Armidale to Wallangarra section → connectsTo → Queensland rail network at Wallangarra ⓘ
Kuranda Scenic Railway → railwaySystem → Queensland Rail City network (tourist operations) ⓘ
linked to: Queensland rail network at Wallangarra