Shorncliffe railway station

Shorncliffe
Station statistics
Address Railway Parade, Shorncliffe
Lines
  Shorncliffe Line
Platforms 1 total (1 side platform)
Other information
Accessible
Owned by Queensland Rail
Fare zone 4
Formerly Sandgate
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
Shorncliffe Line Terminus

Shorncliffe railway station (formerley Sandgate) is a railway station on the Shorncliffe line in Shorncliffe, a northern suburb of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network, as the terminus for the Shorncliffe line. The station is in Zone 4 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.

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History

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

The station was opened in 1882 as Sandgate, until being renamed to avoid confusion with the previous station (then named Sandgate Central) in 1938.[1][2] The line allowed Brisbane residents to travel to the water of Moreton Bay's Shorncliffe shoreline.[3]

Services by platform

Platform 1

References

  1. ^ "OPENING OF THE SANDGATE RAILWAY.". The Brisbane Courier: p. 3. 1882-05-11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3405198. Retrieved 2011-10-21. 
  2. ^ "SANDGATE STATION RENAMED". The Courier-Mail: p. 3. 1938-10-21. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38707885. Retrieved 2011-10-21. 
  3. ^ Hallam, Greg (2005). Brisbane's Biography (Steamtrain Sunday). QR Limited. 

External links

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