Ascot railway station, Brisbane

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 Queensland Rail City network, in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.

Ascot railway station is adjacent to the Eagle Farm Racecourse.

History

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.

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 Closed

References

External links

• TransInfo
• Citytrain
• Ascot Station at QROTI