Marburg railway line

Agricultural land to the north of Rosewood was not directly serviced by the Brisbane Valley railway line and, in December 1909, parliament approved the construction of a branch line to run about 15 kilometres to Marburg.

The route was (from north to south): A daily service to Ipswich departed Marburg each morning and returned in the evening.

It was a two-hour journey by rail and over time the faster road trip prevailed.

Coal mines in the region kept the line viable until they progressively closed.

The branch closed in stages – from Marburg to Birru in 1964, to Kunkala in 1970, Cabanda in 1973 and to Perry's Knob in 1979.