Sunshine railway station, Brisbane
Sunshine | |||||||||||
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 Southbound view from Platform 1 in August 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Bilsen Road, Geebung | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°22′32″S 153°03′23″E / 27.3756°S 153.0564°E | ||||||||||
| Owner | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operator | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Line | T2 Kippa-Ring | ||||||||||
| Distance | 12.24 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 side, 1 island) | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 82 bays | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed part-time | ||||||||||
| Station code | 600440 (platform 1) 600441 (platform 2) 600442 (platform 3) | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 11 November 1954[1] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Sunshine is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Redcliffe Peninsula line. It opened in 1954 and serves the Brisbane suburb of Geebung. It is a ground level station, featuring one island platforms with two faces each and one side platform.
History
On 28 August 2000, a third platform opened as part of the addition of a third track from Northgate to Bald Hills.[2][3]
Services
Sunshine is served by all Citytrain network services from Kippa-Ring to Central, many continuing to Springfield Central[4]
Services by platform
| Sunshine platform arrangement | |||
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| Platform | Line | Destinations | Notes |
| 1 | Redcliffe Peninsula | Roma Street & Springfield Central | [5] |
| Ipswich | 1 weekday afternoon service only[5] | ||
| 2 | Redcliffe Peninsula | Kippa-Ring | Evening peak only[6] |
| 3 | Redcliffe Peninsula | Kippa-Ring | [7] |
References
- ↑ "WELL-KNOWN COMPANY'S NEW GEEBUNG PREMISES". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. 12 November 1954. p. 9. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
The new railway station nearby is appropriately named "Sunshine"
- ↑ "Queensland Update" Railway Digest January 2000 page 13
- ↑ "Northgate – Bald Hills Third Track Opens" Railway Digest October 2000 page 11
- ↑ "Redcliffe Peninsula Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- 1 2 "Sunshine Platform 1". TransLink.
- ↑ "Sunshine Platform 2". TransLink.
- ↑ "Sunshine Platform 3". TransLink.
External links
Media related to Sunshine railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Sunshine station Queensland Rail
- Sunshine station Queensland's Railways on the Internet