Springfield railway line
Springfield railway line is a 13.6 km (8.5 mi)[1] suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia which branches from the Ipswich line after Darra railway station. Construction of the line started on 5 July 2010 and is scheduled to be completed by 2013. [2] The line was developed along with the widening of the nearby Centenary Highway.
Construction and opening
Construction of the first stage of the line, to Richlands, started on 5 July 2010, with the first sleeper was laid at Darra, with the full line to be completed in 2013.[3] It has also been proposed that the line be further built from Springfield to Redbank Plains.[4] The line was developed along with the widening of the nearby Centenary Highway from two to four lanes from Darra through to the Logan Motorway.[5] The first station of the line, Richlands, started construction on 1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)[6] and was due to open to the public on 23 January 2011 (2011-01-23) with no services due to scheduled maintenance works on the Ipswich line,[1] but due to the Queensland floods the opening was brought forward to 17 January 2011 (2011-01-17) in order to assist with the recovery efforts.[7]
On 23 October 2011 (2011-10-23) work started on the second stage of the line to Springfield. It was also announced that Springfield Lakes station was to be named Springfield, and Springfield station was to be named Springfield Central. [8]
Route
Passengers for/from the Ipswich and Rosewood line would change at Darra, Beenleigh, Gold Coast and Cleveland lines at Roma Street, and all other lines at Central.
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