Thorroldtown and Lutwyche Stations…

The author writes: Robert Thorrold returned to England, the land of his birth, early in the year 1892, to spend his retirement. The only historical link remaining nowadays to perpetuate the memory of this early day suburb is Thorrold Street which runs through the middle from east to west of the land once owned by him. On the railway line to Sandgate when completed in 1892, the railway station named Thorroldtown was situated about 500 yards on the northern side of the present Wooloowin Railway Station while the station called Lutwyche stood near the corner of Chalk St. The position of Eagle Junction Station, then called Eagle Farm Junction [one branch of which headed for the Eagle Farm women’s prison], was on a triangular site instead of the present lay-out.

The proximity of these three railway stations viz., Lutwyche, Thorroldtown and Eagle Junction was such, that they were built in a total distance of only 1300 yards. In the year 1888 the respective railway passengers using these stations as expressed on a percentage basis, revealed that Lutwyche booked 64 per cent, Thorroldtown 2 per cent and Eagle Junction 34 per cent.

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