Cleveland railway line

Cleveland line
Website	queenslandrail.com.au
Technical
Line length	0 km (0 mi)
Track length	37.3 km (23.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Cape gauge
Operating speed	0 km/h (0 mph)

The Cleveland railway line is a suburban railway line extending 24.2 km (15.0 mi) east-southeast from Brisbane (37.3 km from Central station by rail), the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the QR Citytrain network.

History

For more details on this topic, see Rail transport in Queensland.

The original Cleveland station in 1890

The railway was opened to Manly in 1888 and extended to the first Cleveland station in 1889. An extension to the second Cleveland station opened in 1897, at which time the first Cleveland station was renamed West Cleveland (later Cleveland Central).

A further extension to Redland Bay and Mount Cotton was surveyed in 1889. An extension to Redland Bay was again recommended by the Royal Commission into Public Works in 1922 but was never built.

The duplication from Park Road to Murarrie was opened on 17 June 1912.

In 1960, the line from Lota to Cleveland was closed.

The line beyond Lota was rebuilt and reopened on a new alignment to Thorneside in 1982 and the third Cleveland station (formerly Raby Bay) in 1987.

Line guide and services

Most services stop at all stations to Bowen Hills railway station. The typical travel time between Cleveland and Brisbane City is approximately 56 minutes (to Central). During weekday peak times, a few services may skip some stations between Park Road and Manly stations, for faster travel times for commuters working in the Brisbane central business district. In addition, an afternoon service on school days only operates express between Cleveland and Buranda stations, stopping only at Thorneside, Manly and Lota.

Cleveland line services typically continue as Doomben line services.

Passengers for/from the Beenleigh and Tennyson lines change at Park Road, Gold Coast line at South Bank, Ipswich and Rosewood lines at Roma Street, and all other lines at Central.

Cleveland railway line, Brisbane showing distance from Central, ticket zone, and connecting or nearby bus services

Airtrain, Caboolture, Doomben, Ferny Grove, Nambour and Gympie North, Shorncliffe lines 2.7 km Bowen Hills(1) 301, 310, 315, 320, 393 Exhibition line 1.3 km Fortitude Valley(1) See Fortitude Valley railway station 0.0 km CENTRAL(1) See Adelaide Street Bus Mall 0.8 km Roma Street(1) See Roma Street railway station Exhibition line Ipswich, Rosewood lines Pacific Motorway Brisbane River 2.6 km South Brisbane(1) See Cultural Centre Busway Station 3.6 km South Bank(1) See South Bank Busway Station Gloucester Street (closed) 5.1 km Park Road(1/2) See Boggo Road busway station Port of Brisbane line (from Acacia Ridge) standard gauge flyover Beenleigh, Gold Coast, Tennyson lines Pacific Motorway 6.2 km Buranda(2) See Buranda busway station Norman Creek 7.9 km Coorparoo(2) 184, 185 9.1 km Norman Park(2) 212, 214, 215, 220 Belmont Tramway (closed) 10.5 km Morningside(2) 222, 235, 236 12.6 km Cannon Hill(2/3) 232 14.3 km Murarrie(3) 598, 599 Gateway Motorway Incitec Pivot freight branch Doboy (closed) Bulimba (Doboy) Creek 17.4 km Hemmant(3) 19.2 km Lindum(3) 223, 224 Port of Brisbane standard gauge freight line 20.8 km Wynnum North(3/4) 223, 224 21.7 km Wynnum(4) 220, 221, 223, 224 22.4 km Wynnum Central(4) 220, 221, 223, 224, 225, 240, 241 24.1 km Manly(4) 223, 224 25.9 km Lota(4/5) 223, 224 Tingalpa Creek 27.8 km Thorneside(5) 253 30.6 km Birkdale(5) 253, 254, 255 31.7 km Badgen (closed) 32.9 km Wellington Point(5/6) 255 35.6 km Ormiston(6) 252, 256, 257 36.7 km Barinia (closed) 37.3 km CLEVELAND (3rd, formerly Raby Bay)(6) 250, 252, 255, 256, 258, 272, 274, 275 Ross Creek 38.6 km Cleveland Central (formerly Cleveland/West Cleveland, closed 1960) 39.8 km Cleveland (2nd, closed 1960) References External links Queensland Rail TransInfo