The first railway station was shifted to Barcaldine from Pine Hill (built 1883) in 1886 with the arrival of the Central Railway line, and was erected on the northern side of the line. It had two distinctive peak roofs and the goods shed was on the Oak Street side.
In 1888 there was even a bathing house at the railway bore for the use of railway employees and townspeople.
Second Station 1934-
The old station burnt down in June 1933. The replacement station was built on the southern side of the line. The goods shed, for a time used as an office while the new station was being built, was moved some 50 metres eastward along the line.
In 2007, with the death by poisoning of the Tree of Knowledge, a memorial was constructed in the front of the railway station. The site is now a hot tourist spot.
Text sources include: Hoch, Isabel. 2008. Page 83. Between the Bougainvilleas. 2004. Page 6
