Thorneside railway station, Brisbane

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Thorneside 5

Location Street address Railway Parade Suburb Thorneside Distance from Central 27.76 km (17.25 mi) TransLink zone 5 Access by overpass Features and facilities Number of platforms 2 Station layout 1 island Ticket vending machine yes Disability access assisted Citytrain profile Link Connecting services Train transfer no Bus transfer yes Next stations Inbound Outbound Cleveland Line Lota Birkdale

Thorneside Station is a railway station on the Cleveland Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the QR Citytrain network.

It is in Zone 5 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.

Contents 1 Services by platform 2 TransLink bus routes servicing Thorneside 3 History 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Services by platform

Platform	Line	Destination	Notes
1	Cleveland	Cleveland	All stations
2	Doomben	City & Doomben	All stations

[edit] TransLink bus routes servicing Thorneside

253	Between Capalaba and Thorneside Station via Birkdale Station All stops service operating Monday to Saturday by Veolia Transport Brisbane

[edit] History

The Thorneside railway station was originally named Waterloo when the Woolloongabba-Cleveland line opened on 1889-10-01, increasing urban development along the line's length. However, the very next year, Waterloo was closed.

The Wellington Point Progress Association formed in 1896 to agitate for an improved train service to the area. The station reopened in 1909, this time as Ransome’s railway siding, for transporting timber and firewood. In 1912 the station was moved north over Tingalpa Creek, and remained in use until 1931.

This left the area without a railway siding until 1917, when the abandoned siding reopened under the new name of Thorne's siding after William Thorne, who had owned the land when it was originally subdivided in 1913. The siding's name was quickly shortened to Thorneside and remained in use until November 1960 when the whole line was closed due to lack of patronage.

On 1982-09-25 the first section of the new rail service, between Lota and Thorneside, was officially opened. A return ticket to Central cost $1.10 and a weekly ticket cost $7.10, and the line was electrified by October the following year.

On 1986-07-26 the Thorneside-Wellington Point rail link was opened and tickets to Central cost $1.80 and a weekly ticket cost $12. [1]

[edit] See also

• List of South East Queensland railway stations

[edit] External links

• TransInfo
• Citytrain
• Thorneside Station at QROTI