Palmwoods railway station

Palmwoods
Southbound view from the station platform in July 2012
General information
LocationChevallum Road, Palmwoods
Coordinates26°41′19″S 152°57′38″E / 26.6886°S 152.9605°E / -26.6886; 152.9605
OwnerQueensland Rail
OperatorQueensland Rail
LineT1 Nambour/Gympie North
Distance96.25 kilometres from Central
Platforms1
Tracks4
Construction
Structure type
Ground
Other information
StatusStaffed morning peak
Station coderailway station 600491
Fare zoneZone 6
WebsiteQueensland Rail
History
Opened1891 (1891)
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Queensland Rail Following station
Eudlo
towards Ipswich or Rosewood
Woombye
Location

Palmwoods is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Nambour/Gympie North line. It opened in 1891 and serves the Sunshine Coast town of Palmwoods. It is a ground level station, featuring one side platform.

History

Palmwoods station opened in 1891.[1] The station today consists of one platform with a wooden structure. In 2009, the platform was extended at both its northern and southern ends with scaffolding and plywood materials.[2] Initially intended as an interim arrangement until a permanent extension was built, the temporary platform remains.[3]

Palmwoods has two passing loops on its western side, with one disused, as well as another that runs behind the platform on its eastern side.

Services

Palmwoods is serviced by Citytrain network services to Brisbane, Nambour and Gympie North.[4] To relieve congestion on the single track North Coast line, the rail service is supplemented by a bus service operated by Kangaroo Bus Lines on weekdays between Caboolture and Nambour as route 649.[5]

Services by platform

Palmwoods platform arrangement
Platform Line Destinations Notes
1 T1 Nambour/Gympie North Nambour or Gympie North [6]
Roma Street (to Ipswich/Rosewood line)

Kangaroo Bus Lines operates one bus route that services Palmwoods station:

Kinetic Sunshine Coast operates one bus route that services Palmwoods station:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. p. 134. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
  2. ↑ Works commence on North Coast platform extensions Queensland Rail 10 August 2009
  3. ↑ Travellers blast lack of funding Sunshine Coast Daily 2 February 2012
  4. ↑ "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Route 649 timetable". Translink.
  6. ↑ Palmwoods Platform 1 TransLink
  7. ↑ "Route 638 timetable". Translink.
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