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Nerang
Railway Station The
original Nerang Railway Station opened on the 15th July
1889, just less than six months after the line was open to Southport
on 25th January 1889. The station remained the most
southerly station in Queensland until the line was extended to Tweed
Heads on the 14th September1903. The
line from Nerang was closed on the 1st July 1961 and
again this station was the most southerly for a couple more years.
The Nerang station was to meant close in 1961, but remained open
until the 1st May 1964, with the South Coast Railway from
Beenleigh to Southport finally closing on 1st July 1964. Following
the closure of the line the Nerang station was moved to another site
and was turned into a council workshop. In 1978 the Albert Shire
Council allowed the building to be taken to Springbrook where it
received a full restoration. The
station at this stage was owned by a Bill and Miriam Short and was
located on their property in Carricks Road, Springbrook along side a
few other historical buildings. The plan was to open "The
Village" as
it was know to the public, but this never happened. To make way for
a new complex the building was demolished and reassembled in
"The
Settlement" also at Springbrook The
Shorts decided to sell the land complete with its historical
building to Goldco Properties, who planned to build a golf
course. Twelve months later Goldco properties went into liquidation
and the property and its buildings remained there unused. It was
not until four years later that the Queensland Government Land
Department decide to take the land for development. At this stage
all the old buildings were auctioned off, with the railway station
ending up at Mudgeeraba Forest development as their site office on
the corner of Bonogin Road and Canopy drive, where it was again
restored. Here the station remained until midnight on the 12th March 2007 when it was moved to the Gold Coast Hinterland Heritage Museum Inc where it will again be restored and open to the public on museum open days |
