Toowong railway station
Toowong | ||||||||||||||||
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 Station entrance in October 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sherwood Road, Toowong | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°28′34″S 152°59′49″E / 27.4760°S 152.9969°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| Operator | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| Lines | T1 Ipswich/Rosewood T2 Springfield Central | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4.67 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 island) | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600287 (platform 1) 600288 (platform 2) 600289 (platform 3) 600290 (platform 4) | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 14 June 1875 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1960 | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Toowong 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 Toowong. It is an underground station, featuring two island platforms.
History
Toowong station opened on 14 June 1875.[1][2] The station was submerged during the 1893 floods.[3]
The station was rebuilt in 1960 as part of the quadruplication of the line.[4] In the 1980s, the air rights were sold and redeveloped as the Toowong Village shopping centre.[5]
Services
Toowong is served by City network services operating from Nambour, Caboolture, Kippa-Ring and Bowen Hills to Springfield Central, Ipswich and Rosewood.[6][7]
Platforms and services
| Toowong platform arrangement | |||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
| 1 | T1 Ipswich/Rosewood | Ipswich or Rosewood | |
| T2 Springfield Central | Springfield Central | ||
| 2 | T1 Ipswich/Rosewood | Roma Street (to Caboolture and Nambour/Gympie North lines) | |
| T2 Springfield Central | Roma Street (to Kippa-Ring line) | ||
| 3 | T1 Ipswich/Rosewood | Ipswich or Rosewood | |
| 4 | T1 Ipswich/Rosewood | Roma Street (to Caboolture and Nambour/Gympie North lines) | |
| T2 Springfield Central | Roma Street (to Kippa-Ring line) | ||
References
- ↑ Meadows, Jane (1994). Brisbane's Western Suburbs: our heritage in focus. State Library of Queensland Foundation. p. 91. ISBN 0-7242-6077-3.
- ↑ Toowong Centre for the Government of Queensland
- ↑ "Toowong". The Telegraph. No. 6, 336. Queensland, Australia. 7 February 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Graceville Railway Station (entry 602717)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "Queensland" Railway Digest April 1985 page 119
- ↑ "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Springfield Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
External links
Media related to Toowong railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Toowong station Queensland Rail
- Toowong station Queensland's Railways on the Internet