Bunour railway station, Brisbane

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Bunour

Location
CLOSED STATION INFORMATION

Street address	Kingsford Smith Drive
Suburb	Eagle Farm
Brisway map	Link
Distance from Central	12.4 km (7.71 mi)
TransLink zone	2
Access by
Features and facilities
Number of platforms	1
Station layout	1 side platforms
Ticket vending machine	No
Disability access	No
Citytrain profile
Connecting services
Train transfer	No
Bus transfer	Yes
Next stations
Inbound Outbound
Pinkenba Line
~~Eagle Farm~~ ~~Meeandah~~

Bunour railway station is an abandoned railway station on the Pinkenba railway line, just 8.1 km (5.0 mi) from the Brisbane central business district; 12.4 km from Central station by rail. It opened in 1949^[1] and closed on 27 September 1993.

The name is derived from the aboriginal name for the black and white Australian White Ibis bird.^[1]

1 History
2 Current status
- 2.1 Replacement bus service
3 See also
4 References

[edit] History

The line to Pinkenba opened on 3 September 1882, and Bunour railway station opened in 1949 for workers in the growing industrial area.^[1]

A large army camp defense storage and warehouse facility, used during World War II (1939 to 1945), is located beside the site of Bunour railway station and remains today as the Damascus Barracks.^[2]

In 1988 the Pinkenba line was electrified, however only as far as the prior Eagle Farm station; infrequent passenger services consisting of stainless steel carriages hauled by diesel locomotives operated through Bunour. On 27 September 1993, all passenger services on the line were suspended as part of a rationalisation of the state rail network with the suspending or closing of unprofitable and under-utilised rail lines by the Goss Labor Party state government.

[edit] Current status

The original low-level platform is all that remains of Bunour railway station today.

[edit] Replacement bus service

The bus stop for the replacement TransLink bus service (303) is immediately beside Bunour station in Kingsford Smith Drive. All available bus services are:

302	Between City and Pinkenba via Fortitude Valley, Newstead and Eagle Farm All stops service operating Counter-peak flow Monday to Friday 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] See also

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hallam, Greg (2005). Brisbane's Biography (Steamtrain Sunday). QR Limited.
^ Dunn, Peter (2003-06-09). Army Camp at Meeandah, Brisbane during WW2. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.