Wooloowin railway station
Wooloowin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Northbound view from Platform 3 in July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Hudson Road, Wooloowin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°25′12″S 153°02′36″E / 27.4199°S 153.0434°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Airport Doomben Shorncliffe | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 5.63 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 side, 1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 189 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600391 (platform 1) 600392 (platform 2) 600393 (platform 3) 600394 (platform 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 11 May 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Former names | Lutwyche[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Wooloowin is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Airport, Doomben and Shorncliffe lines. It opened in 1882 and serves the Brisbane suburb of Wooloowin. It is a ground level station, featuring one island platform with two faces and two side platforms.
History
Prior to 1899 the station was named Lutwyche.[1] Station buildings were completed in 1901.[2]
On 29 November 1999, two extra platforms opened as part of the quadruplication of the line from Bowens Hills to Northgate.[3][4]
Services
Wooloowin station is served daily by the Airport, Doomben and Shorncliffe lines.[5][6][7] Also see Inner City timetable[8]
Platforms and services
| Wooloowin platform arrangement | |||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
| 1 | Airport | Roma Street (to Gold Coast line) | |
| Doomben | Roma Street | ||
| Roma Street (to Cleveland line) | Evening peak only | ||
| Shorncliffe | Roma Street (to Cleveland line) | ||
| 2 | Airport | Domestic Airport | |
| Doomben | Doomben | ||
| Shorncliffe | Shorncliffe | ||
| 3 | No scheduled services | ||
| 4 | No scheduled services | ||
References
- 1 2 "Railway Station Names". The Telegraph. No. 5, 295. Queensland, Australia. 2 October 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 29 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "WOOLOOWIN RAILWAY STATION". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LVII, no. 13, 508. Queensland, Australia. 29 April 1901. p. 9. Retrieved 29 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Brisbane Citytrain Shortlines" Railway Digest May 1998 page 15
- ↑ "Queensland Update" Railway Digest January 2000 page 13
- ↑ "Airport/Gold Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Doomben Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Shorncliffe Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Inner City timetable" (PDF). Translink. 2 March 2020.
External links
Media related to Wooloowin railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Wooloowin station Queensland Rail
- Wooloowin station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
- Wooloowin station Translink travel information