Buranda railway station
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 Buranda Station in 2006 |
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| Address | Between Gillingham and Arne Streets (off Logan Road), Woolloongabba | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°29′47″S 153°02′26″E / 27.4965°S 153.0405°ECoordinates: 27°29′47″S 153°02′26″E / 27.4965°S 153.0405°E | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Buranda busway station | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 total (2 side platforms) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1888 | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 2 (TransLink) | ||||||||||
| Website | Link | ||||||||||
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Buranda railway station is a railway station on the Cleveland Line, 3.4 km (2.1 mi) south-southeast from Brisbane (6.2 km (3.9 mi) from Central station by rail), the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the QR Citytrain network.
It is in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system. The station forms an interchange with Buranda busway station on the South East Busway and Eastern Busway, allowing rapid transit to the southern suburbs and into the Brisbane central business district.
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[edit] History
Buranda railway station opened at the same time when the Cleveland railway line opened[1] in 1888.[2] The station was in an area called Logan Road, and the local area took on the railway station's name after the Pugh's Almanac began using it. The name is derived from two Yuggera/Kabi/Bundjalung words: "buran" meaning wind, and "da" meaning place.[1]
In the early hours of 29 March 2009, the main station building on platform one was destroyed by fire.[3] A 17-year-old man was later charged with one count of arson following the incident.[4]
[edit] Services by platform
| Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
| 1 | Cleveland | Cleveland | All stations |
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| 2 | Doomben | City & Doomben | All stations |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Taylor, Rita (16 January 2007). "Brisbane Suburb Names - BrisbaneMemories". Griffith University. http://eresearch.griffith.edu.au/brisbanememories/index.php/Brisbane_Suburb_Names#Buranda. Retrieved 29 March 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Randall, Brian (15 September 2006). "Local History - Morningside". 612 ABC Brisbane. http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1740864.htm. Retrieved 14 December 2007.[dead link]
- ^ Wight, Andrew (29 March 2009). "Train station destroyed by fire". Brisbane Times. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/qld-news/train-station-destroyed-by-fire-20090329-9f5o.html. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ Swanwick, Tristan (31 March 2009). "Teenager charged with burning down Buranda Railway station". The Courier Mail. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,27574,25267927-3102,00.html. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
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