File:Roma Street railway station, Brisbane.jpg
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English: Opening Of The Railway.
The first train carrying passengers from the Brisbane terminus started at half-past 6 o'clock yesterday morning, and, in spite of the earliness of the hour, a number of persons had assembled on the platform to witness this historical event. The utmost exertions of a large body of men had only sufficed to make the line fit for travelling, without being able to make a really finished job of it, the ballasting being only laid under the sleepers at considerable distances. The motion was, consequently, greater than will hereafter be the case. Work in ballasting was being continued all day yesterday with noticeable results. ... The trains ran at good speed on each trip, showing that the line, though by no means in apple pie order, is safe and fit for travel, while everyday will bring it nearer perfect completion. Nothing could less resemble a gala opening than the preparations yesterday. Everything was makeshift; the platform at Brisbane half unpaved, the rooms and corridors incomplete, the roofing over the platform in progress merely, and the place lit up as evening fell by improvised rows of gas jets fixed in tubes temporarily supported by wooden gallows. Still, on the principle of half a loaf being preferable to no bread, the travelling public may be congratulated on being at length able to reach Brisbane by a railway, even in its present condition very much preferable to the old order of things. To continue reading visit: The Brisbane Courier, 15 June 1875 View the original image at the Queensland State Archives: Item ID 436314 |
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