 The site chosen for the Maryborough railway station was centrally located on a municipal park reserve.In 1878 construction at the site included a station master's residence, engineer's office (non-extant), store and blacksmith's workshop.A large programme of works in the years 1879 and 1880 saw the construction of a goods' shed, passenger station, closets and urinals, turntable, loading banks, station gates and fences and a semaphore signal.