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Charters Towers is a railway station on the Great Northern line at Charters Towers, west of Townsville in North Queensland, Australia. ==History== The line arrived at Charters Towers in December 1882〔(World History ) Charters Towers Regional Council〕 and eventually extended west to the city of Mount Isa in 1929.〔(Mount Isa ) Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland〕 The line was built initially to connect Charters Towers with the Port of Townsville. The spark was the discovery of gold that had taken place in January 1872. Seven years later the rise in gold returns convinced the government to connect the centre to the coast with a more reliable transport conduit. The station was built at Queenton, midway between the two population centres of Charters Towers and ''Pugh's Almanac''〕 The distance to the town put the onus on the more prominent hotels to 'meet the train' and transport travellers up Hospital Hill via Gill Street into the town centre. The station building was demolished in 1983 and replaced. The station was photographed by Allom and Bailey in 1887. The first image shows the station at Queenton looking east while the other shows the crossing looking west towards Charters Towers. The crossing remains in place and still creates traffic holdups. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charters Towers railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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