Railway Street

Latest events

June 2022

Old Site revived - some broken links though

August 2014

New Roadworks for Smith St/Olsen Ave are destroying more of the old track
No Updates or photos, see Griffith Uni Page for the area now undergoing developement. It is the left part of the map.
link to TWM site pdf: TMR official web site

July 2014

Updated the "tunnel" page with new photos

June 2014

Updated the "Links" page
Added correct Attribution for Peter Cokley
Added Rachel Don's South Coast Rail Paper
- A great read - happy to have helped out.

Fixed the forward back links up to helesvale

April 2014

Updated the "Ashmore Road" page
Added a seperate page for the Tunnel
Added detail to Ernest Junction Page
Updated west of tunnel with Google Earth photo
Added Photo page 2 and 3

December 2013 Added more photos in the "Ashmore Road" page

August 2013 Added more detail and photos in the "Factories" page

July 2013 Site now live, lot's of errors and typos to fix - if you find some let me know

New Site This page used to be a part of my own site, but now has a seperate home.

First Version September 2012 With the help of many of the online mapping services and the discovery of Queensland Rail documentation a lot more detail is available which might make this site more accurate.

Welcome To Railway Street

Railway Street is common street name in many Australian Towns as quite obviously the railway is nearby, however if like me you wondered why there was a Railway Street in Southport Queensland when clearly there wasn't a railway anywhere near it, jump on board for a lesson in history.

You can start your Journey Here or go to the Site Map link in the menu above

Want to know about updates? email me

Found a Typo or Spellign :-) Mistake - Please let me know email me