In both cases passengers had to make their own way to Roma Street station if the were continuing their journey northwards.
Until the sixties the rail system of North and South Brisbane were separated by the river. Upstream the rail bridge at Indooropilly was the lowest rail crossing.
| Passengers from the south terminated at South
Brisbane station, on the Queensland Government's 3'6" gauge track. Behind it
stood the standard gauge Interstate station where New South Wales Government
Railways trains terminated. In both cases passengers had to make their own way to Roma Street station if the were continuing their journey northwards. |
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This break served to emphasise the separateness of South Brisbane which was only altered by the post-Expo development of the South Bank area for leisure and conference venues.
Although Queensland Railways were linked by a modern crossing in the seventies, it was only the imminence of the Expo'88 that finally saw standard gauge trains crossing the river to the reconstructed Roma Street transit centre.
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| The retaining wall of South Brisbane Station provides
an urban canvas for another interpretation of events. The 25kv electrified trains run on an integrated city network which passes beneath the Convention Centre which extends over the site of the former Interstate Station. |
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