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Queensland General highways map of Queensland. Queensland, being the second largest (by area) state in Australia, is also the most decentralised. Hence the highways and roads cover most parts of the state unlike the sparsely populated Western Australia. Even Queensland's outback is well served as it is relatively populated.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), is a department of the Queensland Government. TMR was formed in April 2009 by merging Queensland Transport and the Department of Main Roads . [ 1 ] TMR manages Queensland's 33,000 km state road network, which includes 3,100 bridges.
The Queensland Government devolved Translink from being a division of Queensland Transport to the more autonomous Translink Transit Authority in July 2008, increasing its profile with new branding. At the same time a 24 hours a day, seven days a week customer information and support phone number was introduced. [10] [11]
Harristown State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 341-367 South Street [ 20 ] [ 24 ] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,661 students with 142 teachers (130 full-time equivalent) and 57 non-teaching staff (46 full-time equivalent). [ 22 ]
The Brisbane Valley railway line, branching from the Main Line after Wulkuraka railway station, was opened to Lowood in 1884, Esk in 1886, and Yarraman in 1913. Passenger services operated to Toogoolawah until 1989, and freight services until closure of the line in sections in 1988 and 1993.
Clifton railway station in 1897 Sydney Mail circa 1910 1901 crosses the Condamine River floodplain trestles on approach to Warwick station in 1987 1901 south of Warwick in 1987. The first section of the Southern railway opened from the end of the Main Line railway at Toowoomba to Millhill to the north of Warwick, on 9 January 1871, the line terminating there to save the cost of a bridge over ...
The current speed and load limits on various sections reflects the level of traffic on them. From Toowoomba to Roma the rail is 41 kg/m (83 lb/yd), 25-50% of the sleepers are steel, and the speed limit is 80 km/h (50 mph), 70 km/h (43 mph) west of Miles and for coal trains east of there, with an axle load of 15.75 t (15.50 long tons; 17.36 short tons).
Toowoomba City is an urban locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is the central suburb of Toowoomba, containing its central business district and informally known as the Toowoomba CBD. In the 2021 census, Toowoomba City had a population of 2,321 people. [1]