Canberra railway station is located in Kingston, Australian Capital Territory. The station is the terminus for CountryLink rail services from Sydney. It is the only operating railway station in the ACT.
In 1913, when Canberra was founded and named, work began immediately on a new rail link to the capital from Queanbeyan (on the Goulburn-Bombala branch line) to the Eastlake station site, now the station at Kingston. The line was constructed by the New South Wales Public Works Department on behalf of the Commonwealth.
The station building opened on 21 April 1924. From 1927 when Federal Parliament moved to Canberra, the rail passenger service was upgraded with the introduction of a Canberra portion of the Cooma-Sydney overnight Mail connecting with Melbourne night trains at Goulburn Junction.
A new passenger terminal building was constructed in 1966.
Read more about Canberra Railway Station: Platforms and Services, Kingston To Civic Railway, Brickworks Tramway, Railways Planned But Never Built
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