Thorneside railway station

Thorneside
Station statistics
Address Railway Parade, Thorneside
Lines
  Cleveland Line
Platforms 2 total (1 island platform)
Other information
Accessible
Owned by Queensland Rail
Fare zone 5 (TransLink)
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
Cleveland Line
toward Cleveland

Thorneside Station is a railway station on the Cleveland Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network.

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

Contents

Services by platform

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

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]

There is also a turning angle located next to the station.

See also

External links

Bowen Hills • Fortitude Valley • Central • Roma Street • South Brisbane • South Bank • Gloucester Street (closed) • Park Road • Buranda • Coorparoo • Norman Park • Morningside • Cannon Hill • Murarrie • Doboy (closed) • Hemmant • Lindum • Wynnum North • Wynnum • Wynnum Central • Manly • Lota • Thorneside • Birkdale • Badgen (closed) • Wellington Point • Ormiston • Barinia (closed) • Cleveland (3rd, formerly Raby Bay)  • Cleveland Central (formerly Cleveland/West Cleveland, closed)  • Cleveland (2nd, closed)