Eagle Junction railway station
Eagle Junction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Station building and entrance in October 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Junction Road, Clayfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°24′55″S 153°03′02″E / 27.4153°S 153.0505°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Airport Caboolture Doomben Redcliffe Peninsula Shorncliffe Sunshine Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 6.52 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 islands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 123 bays | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600395 (platform 1) 600396 (platform 2) 600401 (platform 3) 600402 (platform 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1882 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1963, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former names | Eagle Farm Junction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eagle Junction is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Airport, Caboolture/Sunshine Coast, Doomben, Redcliffe Peninsula and Shorncliffe lines. It opened in 1882 and serves the Brisbane suburb of Clayfield. It is a ground level station, featuring two island platform with two faces each.
History
The station opened as Eagle Farm Junction, being renamed Eagle Junction in January 1888.[1] The original name reflects that this station was the junction at which the line to Eagle Farm branched off.
The station was rebuilt in 1963.[2] In 2011, the station was upgraded.[3][4]
Services
Eagle Junction station is served by Airport, Caboolture, Doomben, Redcliffe Peninsula, Shorncliffe and Sunshine Coast line services.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Platforms and services
| Eagle Junction platform arrangement | |||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
| 1 | Airport | Roma Street (to Gold Coast line) | |
| Doomben | Roma Street | ||
| Roma Street (to Cleveland line) | Evening peak only | ||
| Shorncliffe | Roma Street (to Cleveland line) | ||
| 2 | Airport | Domestic Airport | |
| Doomben | Doomben | ||
| Shorncliffe | Shorncliffe | ||
| 3 | Caboolture | Roma Street (to Ipswich/Rosewood line) | |
| Redcliffe Peninsula | Roma Street (to Springfield line) | ||
| Sunshine Coast | Roma Street (to Ipswich/Rosewood line) | ||
| 4 | Caboolture | Caboolture | |
| Redcliffe Peninsula | Kippa-Ring | ||
| Sunshine Coast | Nambour | ||
References
- ↑ "Official Notifications". The Brisbane Courier. 21 January 1888. p. 6. Retrieved 27 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Graceville Railway Station (entry 602717)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ The Future of Wooloowin is on its Way Archived 1 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine City North Infrastructure
- ↑ Eagle Junction set for $10 million make-over Queensland Government 7 July 2010
- ↑ "Airport/Gold Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Caboolture Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Doomben Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Redcliffe Peninsula Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Shorncliffe Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Inner City timetable" (PDF). Translink. 2 March 2020.
External links
Media related to Eagle Junction railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Eagle Junction station Queensland Rail
- Eagle Junction station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
- Eagle Junction station Translink travel information