Beenleigh railway line, Brisbane

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Beenleigh Line

From Brisbane central business district To Beenleigh Length 40.1 km (24.92 mi) Mapping colour       Red Number of stations 28 History 1885 Opened Operations Owner(s) QR Limited Operator(s) Citytrain Fleet EMU and SMU 200/220 series

The Beenleigh railway line is an suburban railway line extending 32.7 km (20.32 mi) east-southeast from Brisbane (40.1 km (24.92 mi) from Central railway station by rail), the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the QR Citytrain network.

Contents 1 History 2 Line guide and services 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

For more details on this topic, see Rail transport in Queensland.

The Beenleigh railway line opened in 1885^[1] before being extended to Southport on the Gold Coast in 1889. With increasing popularity of the motor car, the line was closed back to Beenleigh station in 1964, however the Gold Coast line was progressively rebuilt on a new alignment from Beenleigh between 1996 and 1998.

[edit] Line guide and services

Most services stop at all stations to Roma Street railway station. The typical travel time between Beenleigh and Brisbane City is approximately 59 minutes (to Central). During weekday peak times, a few services may skip stations between Altandi and Park Road for faster travel times for commuters working in the Brisbane central business district.

Beenleigh line services typically continue as Ferny Grove line services.

Passengers for/from the Gold Coast line change at either South Bank, Yeerongpilly, Loganlea or Beenleigh; Cleveland line change at Park Road; Tennyson line at Yeerongpilly; Ipswich and Rosewood lines at Roma Street; and all other lines at Central.

Beenleigh railway line, Brisbane showing distance from Central, ticket zone, and connecting or nearby bus services

Airtrain, Caboolture, Doomben, Ferny Grove, Nambour & Gympie North, Shorncliffe lines 2.7 km Bowen Hills (1) 301, 310, 315, 320, 393 Exhibition line 1.3 km Brunswick Street (1) See Brunswick Street railway station 0.0 km CENTRAL (1) See Adelaide Street Bus Mall 0.8 km Roma Street (1) See Roma Street railway station Exhibition line Ipswich, Rosewood lines Pacific Motorway Brisbane River 2.6 km South Brisbane (1) See Cultural Centre Busway Station 3.5 km South Bank (1) See South Bank Busway Station 5.1 km Park Road (1/2) Port of Brisbane line standard gauge flyover Cleveland Line 5.9 km Dutton Park (2) 106, 107, 108, 112, 196, 197, 198, 202 7.1 km Fairfield (2) 100, 104, 105, 107, 108, 110, 112, 113, 117, 124, 125, 196, 197 8.5 km Yeronga (2) 104, 105, 108 9.3 km Yeerongpilly (2/3) 104, 105, 108 Tennyson Line (to Ipswich line) 10.6 km Moorooka (3) 100, 116 Clapham (freight depot) 11.6 km Rocklea (3) 116 13.0 km Salisbury (3) 110, 115, 117, 125, 540, 598, 599 To Brisbane Multi-User Terminal (freight); Interstate line to Sydney 15.2 km Coopers Plains (3/4) 122, 123, 124 16.7 km Banoon (4) 135, 145, 598, 599 17.6 km Sunnybank (4) 123, 135 18.6 km Altandi (4) 123, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 137, 135, 136, 140, 141, 145, 151 19.8 km Runcorn (4) 152 21.2 km Fruitgrove (4/5) 150, 155, 156 Gateway Motorway 22.5 km Kuraby (5) 554 25.8 km Trinder Park (5) 553 26.8 km Woodridge (5) 545, 552, 553, 554, 558 29.5 km Kingston (5/6) 545, 550, 552, 558 Logan Motorway 32.2km Loganlea (6) 556, 560, 562 Logan River 35.2 km Bethania (6/7) 563 Beaudesert Line (disused) 36.9 km Edens Landing (7) 563 39.1 km Holmview (7) 40.1 km BEENLEIGH (7/8) 553, 562, 563, 565, 566, 567 Gold Coast (Robina) Line

[edit] References

^  "Premier views progress on new trains", Team Beattie, September 7, 2006. 

[edit] External links

• Citytrain
• TransInfo

v • d • e Major public transport infrastructure in South East Queensland Commuter rail Northern services: Airport Line • Doomben Line • Exhibition Line • Ferny Grove Line • North Coast Line (Caboolture Line • Nambour and Gympie North (Sunshine Coast) Line) • Shorncliffe Line South/Western services: Beenleigh Line • Cleveland Line • Corinda via South Brisbane Line • Gold Coast (Robina) Line • Ipswich Line • Rosewood Line Planned or under construction: Maroochydore (CAMCOS) Line • Springfield Line Commuter bus List of TransLink services • Bus upgrade zone (BUZ) Busway South-East • Inner-Northern Planned or under construction: Boggo Road • Eastern • Northern Ferry Metrolink Queensland (CityCat • CityFerry)