Buranda railway station

Buranda

Buranda Station in 2006
Station statistics
Address Between Gillingham and Arne Streets (off Logan Road), Woolloongabba
Lines
  Cleveland Line
Connections Buranda busway station
Platforms 2 total (2 side platforms)
Other information
Opened 1888
Accessible
Owned by Queensland Rail
Fare zone 2 (TransLink)
Website Link
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
Cleveland Line
toward Cleveland

Buranda railway station is a railway station on the Cleveland Line, 3.4 km (2.1 mi) south-southeast from Brisbane (6.2 km (3.9 mi) from Central station by rail), the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the QR Citytrain network.

It is in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system. The station forms an interchange with Buranda busway station on the South East Busway and Eastern Busway, allowing rapid transit to the southern suburbs and into the Brisbane central business district.

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History

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

Buranda railway station opened at the same time when the Cleveland railway line opened[1] in 1888.[2] The station was in an area called Logan Road, and the local area took on the railway station's name after the Pugh's Almanac began using it. The name is derived from two Yuggera/Kabi/Bundjalung words: "buran" meaning wind, and "da" meaning place.[1]

In the early hours of 29 March 2009, the main station building on platform one was destroyed by fire.[3] A 17-year-old man was later charged with one count of arson following the incident.[4]

Services by platform

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

References

  1. ^ a b Taylor, Rita (16 January 2007). "Brisbane Suburb Names - BrisbaneMemories". Griffith University. http://eresearch.griffith.edu.au/brisbanememories/index.php/Brisbane_Suburb_Names#Buranda. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
  2. ^ Randall, Brian (15 September 2006). "Local History - Morningside". 612 ABC Brisbane. http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1740864.htm. Retrieved 14 December 2007. 
  3. ^ Wight, Andrew (29 March 2009). "Train station destroyed by fire". Brisbane Times. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/qld-news/train-station-destroyed-by-fire-20090329-9f5o.html. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
  4. ^ Swanwick, Tristan (31 March 2009). "Teenager charged with burning down Buranda Railway station". The Courier Mail. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,27574,25267927-3102,00.html. Retrieved 1 April 2009. 

External links

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