Clayfield railway station
Clayfield | |||||||||||
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 Eastbound view in July 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Sandgate Road, Clayfield | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°25′04″S 153°03′27″E / 27.4178°S 153.0575°E | ||||||||||
| Owner | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operator | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Line | Doomben | ||||||||||
| Distance | 7.40 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 with track) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | 600430 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 1 | ||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 3 September 1882 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Clayfield is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Doomben line. It opened in 1882 and serves the Brisbane suburb of Clayfield. It is a ground level station, featuring one island platform with one face.
History
Clayfield station opened on 3 September 1882 coinciding with that of the Pinkenba railway line. The line was electrified on 6 February 1988, All passenger services on the line were suspended on 27 September 1993 as part of a statewide rationalisation of the rail network with the closing or suspending of under-utilised or unprofitable rail lines. Only on days of major race events at nearby Eagle Farm and Doomben race tracks did few special services run on the line, and only to adjoining stations of Ascot and Doomben.
Passenger services resumed on 27 January 1998, but only as far as Doomben with bus connections to the other abandoned stations.[1]
Services
Clayfield station is served by all stops Doomben line services from Doomben to Roma Street, Boggo Road (formerly known as Park Road) and Cleveland.[2]
Platforms and services
| Clayfield platform arrangement | |||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
| 1 | Doomben | Roma Street, Doomben | |
References
- ↑ Doomben Rail Service Resume January 27 Archived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Government 21 January 1998
- ↑ "Doomben Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
External links
Media related to Clayfield railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Clayfield station Queensland Rail
- Clayfield station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
- Clayfield station Translink travel information