The photos below were downloaded years ago and the original source has been lost – if you know where they’re from, let me know so it can be properly attributed (and permission requested).

Photo of the old Station (sorry lost the source record)

Looking South over the Southport Station from the early 20th century

Interestingly On a Map from 1878 the Station could have been in Labrador, just about where the Grand Apartments are now, and the Grand Hotel before – It was a deep water area and would have been a logical freight interchange.

Interestingly, on a map from 1878 the station could have been in Labrador, roughly where the Grand Apartments (and before that, the Grand Hotel) now stand – a deep water area that would have been a logical freight interchange.

The Southport Transit station is roughly on the old station location, and as you can see from the curious land plot boundaries, there’s a curved path toward High Street. The remains of the concrete turntable were still present when I moved to the Gold Coast in 1989, but are now lost.

In the “Images of Yesteryear” photo there was always a dogleg in Railway Street to the east (right) of the image. There were lots of shunting tracks immediately in front of the station; the track past the station was narrower, hence the street moved back south.