Taringa railway station
Taringa | ||||||||||||||||
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 Westbound view from Platform 2 in April 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pike Avenue, Taringa | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°29′35″S 152°58′54″E / 27.4931°S 152.9817°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| Operator | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| Lines | Ipswich/Rosewood Springfield | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 5.96 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 island) | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600291 (platform 1) 600292 (platform 2) 600293 (platform 3) 600294 (platform 4) | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 14 June 1875 | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Taringa is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Ipswich/Rosewood and Springfield lines. It opened in 1875 and serves the Brisbane suburb of Taringa. It is a ground level station, featuring two island platforms with two faces each.
History
Taringa station opened on 14 June 1875 as West Milton.[1] The station was rebuilt in the 1950s as part of the quadruplication of the line.[2]
Services
Taringa is served by Citytrain network services operating from Nambour, Caboolture, Kippa-Ring and Bowen Hills to Springfield Central, Ipswich and Rosewood.[3][4]
Platforms and services
| Taringa platform arrangement | |||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
| 1 | Ipswich/Rosewood | Ipswich or Rosewood | |
| Springfield | Springfield Central | ||
| 2 | Ipswich/Rosewood | Roma Street (to Caboolture and Sunshine Coast lines) | |
| Springfield | Roma Street (to Redcliffe Peninsula line) | ||
| 3 | Ipswich/Rosewood | Ipswich or Rosewood | |
| 4 | Ipswich/Rosewood | Roma Street (to Caboolture and Sunshine Coast lines) | |
| Springfield | Roma Street (to Redcliffe Peninsula line) | ||
References
- ↑ Taringa Centre for the Government of Queensland
- ↑ "Graceville Railway Station (entry 602717)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Springfield Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
External links
Media related to Taringa railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Taringa station Queensland Rail
- Taringa station Queensland's Railways on the Internet