Roma Street railway station

Roma Street
Westbound view in December 2012
Location	Roma Street, Brisbane
Coordinates	27°27′55″S 153°01′09″E / 27.4652°S 153.0191°ECoordinates: 27°27′55″S 153°01′09″E / 27.4652°S 153.0191°E
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	City network
Line(s)	North Coast Main Line Gold Coast NSW North Coast
Distance	0.75 kilometres from Central
Platforms	10 (4 side, 3 islands)
Tracks	10
Connections	Roma Street busway station Brisbane Transit Centre
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	600037 (platform 2) 600033 (platform 3) 600036 (platform 4) 600034 (platform 5) 600030 (platform 6) 600028 (platform 7) 600029 (platform 8) 600038 (platform 9) 600035 (platform 10)
Fare zone	Go card 1
Website	Queensland Rail
History
Opened	14 June 1875
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Brisbane
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station Terminus Airport Line Central toward Domestic Terminal Central toward Bowen Hills Beenleigh Line South Brisbane toward Beenleigh Terminus Caboolture Line Central toward Caboolture Central toward Bowen Hills Cleveland Line South Brisbane toward Cleveland Terminus Doomben Line Central toward Doomben Exhibition One-way operation Exhibition Line Central One-way operation Terminus Ferny Grove Line Central toward Ferny Grove Central toward Bowen Hills Gold Coast Line South Brisbane toward Varsity Lakes Central toward Bowen Hills Ipswich and Rosewood Line Milton toward Rosewood Terminus Shorncliffe Line Central toward Shorncliffe Central toward Bowen Hills Springfield Line Milton toward Springfield Central Terminus Sunshine Coast Line Central toward Nambour or Gympie North Long distance services Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station Terminus Diesel Tilt Train Caboolture toward Cairns Electric Tilt Train Caboolture toward Rockhampton Spirit of the Outback Caboolture toward Longreach The Westlander Corinda toward Charleville Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Terminus NSW TrainLink North Coast Kyogle towards Sydney

Roma Street railway station is located in the Brisbane central business district. It is the junction station for the North Coast, Main, Gold Coast and NSW North Coast lines.

History

The construction of a railway station on Roma Street was part of a plan to extend the Main Line to Brisbane. An iron station building designed by Sir Charles Fox & Sons was to be imported from the United Kingdom for this purpose, but economic problems in Queensland led to the order being cancelled. In 1873, the Superintendent of Public Buildings Francis Stanley designed a smaller station for the site, with construction beginning in the same year under John Petrie. The station was officially opened on 14 June 1875 as Brisbane at the same time that the Main Line opened to Indooroopilly.^[1]

A goods and carriage shed were added shortly after. In 1882, Roma Street became a junction station with the North Coast line opening to Sandgate.^[2] With the opening of Central station as Brisbane's principal station on 18 August 1889, the station was renamed Roma Street. As traffic grew, so did the Roma Street precinct with a locomotive shed added.^[1]

In 1911, the precinct was rearranged with the locomotive and carriage sheds relocated to Mayne near Bowen Hills. On 30 November 1940, Roma Street again became the principal station for long distance services with new platforms built to the south of the existing platforms.^[1]

Following the opening of the Merivale Bridge on 18 November 1978, Roma Street was also served by Beenleigh line services. on 21 June 1986, it became a dual gauge station with the extension of the standard gauge NSW North Coast line from South Brisbane.^[1][3] In October 1986, the Brisbane Transit Centre opened to the south of the station.

As part of the quadruplication of the North Coast line to Bowen Hills, the station was rebuilt. On 1 November 1995, a new Plaform 10 was opened on the station's north side as the platform for long distance services, these services had previously used Platforms 2 and 3.^[4] Platforms 7, 8 and 9 opened on 11 June 1996^[5] while refurbished Platforms 4, 5 and 6 reopened in January 1997.^[6]

Platform 1 became part of the Roma Street busway station on 19 May 2008.^[7]

Services

Roma Street station is served by all suburban and interurban City network lines.^{[8][9][10][11][12][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

It is also the terminus station for long-distance Traveltrain services^{[18][19][20][21]} and NSW TrainLink's service to Sydney.^[22] A motorail loading dock is located on Platform 10.^[23]

Services by platform

Platform	Lines	Destinations	Notes
2	NSW TrainLink North Coast	Sydney	1 daily NSW TrainLink XPT service[22]
	Doomben	Doomben	1 weekday service[24]
	Traveltrain	Tilt Train from Rockhampton	[25]
3	Doomben	Doomben	[26]
	Gold Coast	Brisbane Airport Domestic	[26]
4	Beenleigh	Beenleigh	[27]
	Gold Coast	Brisbane Airport Domestic	[27]
5	Beenleigh	Beenleigh	[28]
	Cleveland	Cleveland	[28]
6	Beenleigh	Beenleigh & Ferny Grove	[29]
	Doomben	Doomben	[29]
	Gold Coast	Brisbane Airport Domestic & Varsity Lakes	[29]
	Shorncliffe	Shorncliffe	[29]
7	Beenleigh	Ferny Grove	[30]
	Caboolture	Caboolture	[30]
	Doomben	Doomben	[30]
	Gold Coast	Brisbane Airport Domestic	[30]
	Shorncliffe	Shorncliffe	[30]
	Sunshine Coast	Gympie North	[30]
8	Ipswich & Rosewood	Ipswich & Rosewood	[31]
	Springfield	Springfield Central	[31]
9	Caboolture	Caboolture	[32]
	Sunshine Coast	Nambour	[32]
10	Traveltrain	Spirit of Queensland to Cairns	[18]
		Spirit of the Outback to Longreach	[19]
		Tilt Train to Bundaberg & Rockhampton	[20]
		The Westlander to Charleville	[21]

Transport links

Adjacent to the station lies the Roma Street busway station that is served by Brisbane Transport services and the Brisbane Transit Centre that is served by Crisps Coaches, Greyhound Australia, NSW TrainLink and Premier Motor Service long-distance coach services.

Heritage listing

The station was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 24 March 2000.^[1]

References

1. "Roma Street Railway Station (entry 601208)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
2. Opening of the Sandgate Railway Brisbane Courier 11 May 1882
3. "Opening of Brisbane Transit Centre" Railway Digest August 1986 page 240
4. "New Long-Distance Platform at Roma Street" Railway Digest December 1995 page 21
5. "Additional City Tunnels & Track Commissioned" Railway Digest July 1996 page 17
6. "QR Citytrain News" Railway Digest March 1997 page 18
7. INB Queen St to Upper Roma St Leighton Contractors
8. Gold Coast-Airport line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
9. Beenleigh line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
10. Cleveland line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
11. Ipswich and Rosewood line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
12. Springfield line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
13. Caboolture line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
14. Doomben line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
15. Ferny Grove line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
16. Shorncliffe line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
17. Sunshine Coast line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
18. Spirit of Queensland timetable Traveltrain 1 January 2015
19. Spirit of the Outback timetable Traveltrain 1 January 2015
20. Tilt Train timetable Traveltrain 1 January 2015
21. The Westlander timetable Traveltrain 1 January 2015
22. "North Coast timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013 [Updated 6 April 2014].
23. Transporting motor vehicles Traveltrain
24. Roma Street Platform 2 TransLink
25. Platform change to daily Rockhampton Tilt Train arrivals in Brisbane Traveltrain 13 October 2014
26. Roma Street Platform 3 TransLink
27. Roma Street Platform 4 TransLink
28. Roma Street Platform 5 TransLink
29. Roma Street Platform 6 TransLink
30. Roma Street Platform 7 TransLink
31. Roma Street Platform 8 TransLink
32. Roma Street Platform 9 TransLink

External links

• Media related to Roma Street railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Roma Street station Queensland Rail
• Roma Street station Queensland's Railways on the Internet