Eagle Junction railway station

Eagle Junction

Station front in October 2012
Location Junction Road, Clayfield
Coordinates 27°24′55″S 153°03′02″E / 27.4153°S 153.0505°E / -27.4153; 153.0505Coordinates: 27°24′55″S 153°03′02″E / 27.4153°S 153.0505°E / -27.4153; 153.0505
Owned by Queensland Rail
Operated by City network
Line(s) North Coast
Pinkenba
Airport
Distance 6.52 kilometres from Central
Platforms 4 (2 islands)
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 123 bays
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code 600395 (platform 1)
600396 (platform 2)
600401 (platform 3)
600402 (platform 4)
Fare zone go card 2
Website Queensland Rail
History
Rebuilt 1963, 2011
Electrified Yes
Previous names Eagle Farm Junction
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
toward Roma Street
Airport Line
Caboolture Line
toward Caboolture
Doomben Line
toward Doomben
Shorncliffe Line
toward Shorncliffe
Sunshine Coast Line
toward Nambour

Eagle Junction railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of two railway stations serving the Brisbane suburb of Clayfield, the other being Clayfield railway station. North of the station, the Pinkenba and Airport lines branch off.

History

The station opened as Eagle Farm Junction, being renamed Eagle Junction in January 1888.[1] The original name reflects that this station was the junction at which the line to Eagle Farm branched off.

The station was rebuilt in 1963.[2] In 2011, the station was upgraded.[3][4]

Services

Eagle Junction station is served by Airport, Caboolture, Doomben, Shorncliffe and Sunshine Coast line services.[5][6][7][8][9]

Services by platform

Platform Lines Destinations Notes
1 Airport Roma Street, Park Road & Varsity Lakes [10]
Doomben Roma Street & Park Road [10]
Cleveland Evening peak only[10]
Shorncliffe Roma Street, Cannon Hill, Manly & Cleveland [10]
2 Airport Brisbane Airport Domestic [11]
Caboolture Caboolture Early morning only[11]
Doomben Doomben [11]
Shorncliffe Northgate & Shorncliffe [11]
3 Caboolture Roma Street, Ipswich & Rosewood [12]
Springfield Central Peak hours only[12]
Sunshine Coast Roma Street [12]
Springfield Central & Ipswich Peak hours only[12]
4 Caboolture Petrie & Caboolture [13]
Sunshine Coast Nambour Interurban express[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Official Notifications". The Brisbane Courier (National Library of Australia). 21 January 1888. p. 6. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Graceville Railway Station (entry 602717)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ↑ The Future of Wooloowin is on its Way City North Infrastructure
  4. ↑ Eagle Junction set for $10 million make-over Queensland Government 7 July 2010
  5. ↑ Airport line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
  6. ↑ Caboolture line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
  7. ↑ Doomben line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
  8. ↑ Shoncliffe line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
  9. ↑ Sunshine Coast line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
  10. 1 2 3 4 Eagle Junction Platform 1 TransLink
  11. 1 2 3 4 Eagle Junction Platform 2 TransLink
  12. 1 2 3 4 Eagle Junction Platform 3 TransLink
  13. 1 2 Eagle Junction Platform 4 TransLink

External links

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