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Varsity Lakes railway station

Coordinates: 28°05′49″S 153°23′58″E / 28.09694°S 153.39944°E / -28.09694; 153.39944
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Varsity Lakes
Station entrance in December 2016.
General information
LocationScottsdale Drive & Cormandel Lane, Varsity Lakes
Coordinates28°05′49″S 153°23′58″E / 28.09694°S 153.39944°E / -28.09694; 153.39944
Owned byQueensland Rail
Operated byQueensland Rail
Line(s)Gold Coast
Distance89.40 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code600247 (platform 1)
600117 (platform 2)
Fare zonego card 6
WebsiteQueensland Rail
History
Opened13 December 2009
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Queensland Rail Following station
Robina
towards Bowen Hills
Gold Coast Line Terminus

Varsity Lakes railway station is the terminus station of the Gold Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Gold Coast suburb of Varsity Lakes.

History

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Varsity Lakes station opened on 13 December 2009 as the terminal station of the Gold Coast line when it was extended from Robina.[1]

Construction work on the four kilometre line extension from Robina commenced in late July 2007.[2]

Services

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Varsity Lakes is the terminus station for Gold Coast line services to and from Bowen Hills, Doomben and Brisbane Airport Domestic.[3]

Services by platform

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Platform Line Destinations Notes
1 Gold Coast Bowen Hills, Doomben & Brisbane Airport Domestic [4]
2 Gold Coast Bowen Hills, Doomben & Brisbane Airport Domestic [5]
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Kinetic Group operate five bus routes via Varsity Lakes station:

References

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  1. ^ Robina-Varsity Lakes rail extension state's most expensive The Courier-Mail 14 December 2009
  2. ^ State government makes tracks from Robina to Varsity Lakes Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Government 10 July 2007
  3. ^ "Airport/Gold Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  4. ^ Varsity Lakes Platform 1 TransLink
  5. ^ Varsity Lakes Platform 2 TransLink
  6. ^ "Route 753 timetable". Translink.
  7. ^ "Route 757 timetable". Translink.
  8. ^ "Route 759 timetable". Translink.
  9. ^ "Route 760 timetable". Translink.
  10. ^ "Route 765 timetable". TransLink. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020.
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