Tennyson railway station

Tennyson
General information
Location2 Myla Terrace, Tennyson
Coordinates27°31′33″S 153°00′17″E / 27.5257°S 153.0046°E / -27.5257; 153.0046
OwnerQueensland Rail
Line
Platforms2 total (2 side platforms)
– platform 2 partially demolished
Other information
Fare zoneZone 3
History
Closed6 June 2011 (6 June 2011)[1][2]
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Queensland Rail Following station
Yeerongpilly
towards Bowen Hills
Corinda via South Brisbane line Corinda
Terminus
Location

Tennyson is a closed railway station that was operated by Queensland Rail on the Corinda–Yeerongpilly line. It opened in 1884 and served the Brisbane suburb of Tennyson until its closure in 2011. It is a ground level station, featuring two side platforms, although it has been partially demolished.

History

Prior to the opening of the Merivale Bridge in 1978, through trains ran from South Brisbane to Darra and Ipswich via Tennyson plus a local shuttle service between Yeerongpilly and Corinda calling at Tennyson. After 1978 the line lost its importance and the majority of through trains were withdrawn. The shuttle was suspended briefly from 1 June 1998, but reinstated shortly afterwards, with the occasional morning & afternoon through service from Corinda to Bowen Hills railway station. The shuttle continued until 25 May 2001 when it was replaced by buses, after which the only services to the station ran from Corinda to Bowen Hills via South Brisbane in peak-hours. The last service was a 6-car Suburban Multiple Unit 220 Series from Bowen Hills to Corinda via South Brisbane, with the station closing afterwards.

The station remains completely fenced off to the public, and part of platform 2 has been demolished, leaving only a single usable platform. All go card readers, emergency phones, pay phones, CCTV cameras, and all shelters were removed from the station when it closed in 2011.[3]

Description

Tennyson has a short platform and could only accommodate three cars at a time. Tennyson is now served only by buses.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Palaszczuk, Annastacia (2 June 2011). "The times they are a-changin'". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 4 June 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Cross River Rail: Environmental Impact Statement (Supplementary Report)" (PDF). Queensland Government. March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Rail Back on Track – Tennyson", 11 December 2014
  4. ↑ "Changes to route 104 services". Retrieved 9 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)