Emerald railway station, Queensland Emerald railway station, Queensland Emerald railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Central Western railway line at Clermont Street (Capricorn Highway/Gregory Highway), Emerald, Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. The building design was signed by Henrik Hansen was built in 1900 by Thomas Moir. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. Emerald station is served by Traveltrain's "Spirit of the Outback". The Central Western railway was extended from Comet to Emerald on 19 May 1879. Emerald was chosen as a point for branch lines to Clermont (1884) and Springsure (1887) to save building separate
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