Roma Street railway station, Brisbane
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Roma Street railway station is a major railway station in the Brisbane central business district, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It was Brisbane's first railway station, opening in 1876. Roma Street is part of the QR Citytrain network, in Zone 1 of the TransLink integrated public transport system, and is the Brisbane terminus for most Queensland long-distance trains.
The station has a total of ten platforms. Platform 2 is the terminus for the standard gauge XPT service from New South Wales, platforms 2, 3 and 10 are for long-distance train travel within Queensland (including the Tilt Train), and the remainder serve the Citytrain suburban network. All Citytrain services, including the Airtrain, stop at Roma Street. Platforms 1 and 2 make up the Roma Street Busway Station.
Pedestrian access to the station is through the ground floor entrance of the Brisbane Transit Centre, a walkway from the end of George Street, or through the Roma Street Parkland.
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[edit] Services by platform
Roma Street Station currently serves all suburban, interurban and long distance trains. The platforms at Brisbane's Roma Street Station are numbered from 1 to 10, with 1 being the easternmost platform and 10 being one of the westernmost. However during peak hour, some services may use different platforms from the ones listed below. The services which generally use each platform are listed below.
Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
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1 | Inner Northern Busway | Northern & Western suburbs | |
2 | Inner Northern Busway CountryLink North Coast |
City, Southern & Eastern suburbs Sydney |
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3 | |||
4 & 5+ | Beenleigh Line Gold Coast Line Cleveland Line Corinda via South Brisbane Line |
Beenleigh Robina Cleveland Corinda |
All stations* Express All stations* Peak-hr |
6 & 7 | Ferny Grove Line Airport Line Doomben Line |
Ferny Grove Domestic Terminal Doomben |
All stations* Express All stations |
7 (only) | Nambour & Gympie North Line Exhibition Line |
Cooroy/Gympie North Exhibition |
Express Special |
8 | Ipswich/Rosewood Line Exhibition Line |
Ipswich/Rosewood^ Exhibition |
All stations* Special |
9 | Caboolture Line Shorncliffe Line Nambour and Gympie North Line Exhibition Line |
Caboolture Shorncliffe Nambour Exhibition |
All stations* All stations* Express Special |
10 | Traveltrain | Long Distance |
+ Note: Cleveland, Beenleigh and Gold Coast services depart from Platform 6 during weekends & public holidays.
* Note: Express services operate on most suburban lines during peak periods.
^ Note: Rosewood direct services normally operate during peak only, at other times, a change is required at Ipswich.
[edit] Non-Citytrain services
Long Distance services | ||||
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Inbound | Service | Outbound | ||
towards Sydney
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CountryLink North Coast
Brisbane XPT
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Terminus | ||
terminus | The Sunlander | Caboolture | ||
terminus | Electric Tilt Train | Caboolture | ||
terminus | Diesel Tilt Train | Caboolture | ||
terminus | Spirit of the Outback | Caboolture | ||
terminus | The Westlander | Corinda |
[edit] TransLink bus routes servicing Roma Street Station and Brisbane Transit Centre
For an informal but complete listing of TransLink bus routes, see the following list of TransLink services. For accurate bus timetables and route maps, see the TransLink Bus Services website.
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