Sherwood railway station, Brisbane
Sherwood | ||||||||||||||||
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 Southbound view from Platform 2 in May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Honour Avenue, Sherwood | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°31′52″S 152°58′46″E / 27.5311°S 152.9795°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| Operator | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| Lines | T1 Ipswich/Rosewood T2 Springfield Central | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 10.69 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 island) | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600309 (platform 1) 600310 (platform 2) 600311 (platform 3) 600312 (platform 4) | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 5 October 1874[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1960 | |||||||||||||||
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Sherwood is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Ipswich/Rosewood and Springfield lines. It opened in 1874 and serves the Brisbane suburb of Sherwood. It is a ground level station, featuring two island platforms with two faces each.
History
[edit]Sherwood station opened on 5 October 1874 as Oxley West as the interim terminus of the Main line from Ipswich.[1] It was extended to Oxley Point on 4 February 1875.[2] It was renamed to Sherwood in May 1878.[3]
The line through Indooroopilly was duplicated in June 1886. The station was rebuilt in 1960 as part of the quadruplication of the line.[4]
Services
[edit]Sherwood is served by Citytrain network services operating from Nambour, Caboolture, Kippa-Ring and Bowen Hills to Springfield Central, Ipswich and Rosewood.[5][6]
Platforms and services
[edit]| Sherwood platform arrangement | |||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
| 1 | T1 Ipswich/Rosewood | Ipswich or Rosewood | |
| T2 Springfield Central | Springfield Central | ||
| 2 | T1 Ipswich/Rosewood | Roma Street (to Caboolture and Nambour/Gympie North lines) | |
| T2 Springfield Central | Roma Street (to Kippa-Ring line) | ||
| 3 | T1 Ipswich/Rosewood | Ipswich or Rosewood | |
| 4 | T1 Ipswich/Rosewood | Roma Street (to Caboolture and Nambour/Gympie North lines) | |
| T2 Springfield Central | Roma Street (to Kippa-Ring line) | ||
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Opening of the Railway to Oxley". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXIX, no. 5, 306. Queensland, Australia. 6 October 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Sherwood". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ↑ "GENERAL EPITOME". The Week (Brisbane). Vol. V, no. 124. Queensland, Australia. 11 May 1878. p. 21. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Graceville Railway Station (entry 602717)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Springfield Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
External links
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Media related to Sherwood railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Sherwood station Queensland Rail
- Sherwood station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
