Toowong railway station
Toowong | ||||||||||||||||
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 Station entrance in October 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sherwood Road, Toowong | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°28′34″S 152°59′49″E / 27.4760°S 152.9969°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | City network | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4.48 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600287 (platform 1) 600288 (platform 2) 600289 (platform 3) 600290 (platform 4) | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | go card 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 14 June 1875 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1960 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Toowong railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Toowong. It is the closest station to the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland.
History
Toowong station opened on 14 June 1875.[1][2] The station was submerged during the 1893 floods.[3]
The station was rebuilt in 1960 as part of the quadruplication of the line.[4] In the 1980s, the air rights were sold and redeveloped as the Toowong Village shopping centre.[5]
Services
Toowong station is served by City network Ipswich & Rosewood and Springfield line services.[6][7]
Services by platform
| Platform | Lines | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Ipswich & Rosewood | [8] |
| Springfield | Springfield Central | [8] | |
| 2 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Bowen Hills & Caboolture | [9] |
| Springfield | Bowen Hills | [9] | |
| Nambour | Morning peak only[9] | ||
| Petrie | Weekday afternoons only[9] | ||
| 3 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Ipswich & Rosewood | evening peak only[10] |
| 4 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Bowen Hills, Petrie & Caboolture | evening peak only[11] |
| Springfield | Petrie, Caboolture & Nambour | evening peak only[11] |
References
- ^ Meadows, Jane (1994). Brisbane's Western Suburbs: our heritage in focus. State Library of Queensland Foundation. p. 91. ISBN 0-7242-6077-3.
- ^ Toowong Centre for the Government of Queensland
- ^ "Toowong". The Telegraph. No. 6, 336. Queensland, Australia. 7 February 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Graceville Railway Station (entry 602717)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Queensland" Railway Digest April 1985 page 119
- ^ Ipswich & Rosewood line timetable[permanent dead link] TransLink 20 January 2014
- ^ Springfield line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
- ^ a b Toowong Platform 1 TransLink
- ^ a b c d Toowong Platform 2 TransLink
- ^ Toowong Platform 3 TransLink
- ^ a b Toowong Platform 4 TransLink
External links
Media related to Toowong railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Toowong station Queensland Rail
- Toowong station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
