Ascot railway station, Brisbane

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Location Street address McGill Avenue Suburb Ascot Brisway map Link Distance from Central 8.9 km (5.53 mi) TransLink zone 2 Access by Overbridge Features and facilities Number of platforms 2 Station layout 2 side platforms Ticket vending machine Yes Disability access No Citytrain profile Link Connecting services Train transfer No Bus transfer Yes Next stations Inbound Outbound Doomben Line Hendra Doomben

Ascot railway station is a railway station on the Doomben line in Ascot, a northern suburb of Brisbane, state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the QR Citytrain network, in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.

Ascot railway station is adjacent to the Eagle Farm Racecourse.

Contents 1 History 2 Services by platform 3 TransLink bus routes servicing Ascot 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

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

The Doomben railway line through Ascot station was electrified in 1988. All passenger services on the line were suspended in September 1993 by a Goss Labor Party government as part of a state-wide rationalisation of the rail network with the closing or suspending of under-utilised or unprofitable rail lines. Only on days of major race events at nearby race tracks did few special services run on the line, and only to adjoining stations of Ascot and Doomben.

On 27 January 1998, electric passenger services resumed under a Borbidge National Party government, but only as far as Doomben,^[1] with bus connections to the other abandoned stations.

[edit] Services by platform

Platform 1

• Doomben Line – all stations services to Doomben
• Cleveland Line – all stations and peak hour express services to Cleveland

Platform 2

• Not in use

[edit] TransLink bus routes servicing Ascot

300	Between City and Toombul via Fortitude Valley, Hamilton and Ascot All stops service operating every day by Brisbane Transport

303	Between Eagle Junction Station and Pinkenba via Doomben Station RailBus service operating every day by Brisbane Transport

304	Between Eagle Junction Station and Myrtletown via Doomben Station and Pinkenba RailBus service operating Counter-peak flow Monday to Friday by Brisbane Transport

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• TransInfo
• Citytrain
• Ascot Station at QROTI

Coordinates: 27°25′48″S 153°03′50″E / -27.4299, 153.0638