Canberra railway station

The Canberra Railway Station is located in the district of Kingston, the Australian capital Canberra. He is the final destination of the trains of the railway company CountryLink to and from Sydney.

Immediately after the founding of Canberra in 1913, construction began on a new railway connection between Queanbeyan and the future capital. The track was built on behalf of the Australian Federal Government by the Ministry of Public Works of the State of New South Wales and opened on 25 May 1914 initially only for freight.

The original redevelopment plan by Walter Burley Griffin saw a railway line in the district of City Centre, the actual city center, in front. Construction began in December 1920 under the direction of the railroad Commission of New South Wales. The line was opened on 15 June 1921. They branched shortly prior to the current train station, crossed the Molonglo River and ended on today's Garema Place. A little further north, in Braddon district, there was a small train yard.

In July 1922, the temporary wooden bridge was destroyed by a flood of the Molonglo River. The bridge has never been repaired and put back the route ends since April 21, 1924 at its present location. In 1927, when Canberra was awarded the status of capital of Australia, the train services with the introduction of sleeper trains, a connection being manufactured in Goulburn to trains to Melbourne, was markedly improved. 1966 were replaced the original station building with a new building.