Richlands railway station

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Richlands
Station statistics
Address 225 Progress Rd, Richlands
Coordinates 27°35′47″S 152°56′48″E / 27.596442°S 152.946558°E / -27.596442; 152.946558Coordinates: 27°35′47″S 152°56′48″E / 27.596442°S 152.946558°E / -27.596442; 152.946558
Line(s)
  Springfield Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Parking 650 spaces
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened 17 January 2011 (2011-01-17)[1]
Accessible
Station code 600325 (platform 1)
600326 (platform 2)
Owned by Queensland Rail
Fare zone 4/5
go card Accepted
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
toward Bowen Hills
 Springfield Line

Richlands is a railway station in the suburb of Richlands on the Springfield line of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network. The rail extension to Richlands is the first step in the progressive construction of the Springfield line to Springfield.

The station multi-storey car park has 650 car parking spaces for vehicles.[2] According to local councillor David Morrison, these are filled as early as 8:30 AM.

Construction and opening

Construction started on the station on 1 July 2008 (2008-07-01) with a cost of $40 million.[3] The planning included about 650 car parks, a bus interchange, bicycle lockers and a drop-off area. The station is expected to be completed by 2011, alongside the first stage of the Springfield line.[4]

The station 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,[3] 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.[1]

Services by platform

Platform Line Destination Notes
1 Springfield Springfield Central All stations
2 Springfield

Nambour
Caboolture

 City

City & Nambour
City & Petrie
City & Caboolture

 All stations

All stations to city, express Northgate to Caboolture stopping at Petrie (one am peak service only)
All stations (pm peak only)
All stations to city, express Northgate to Petrie (pm peak only)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "New train station to open early". Brisbane Times. 16 January 2011. 
  2. ↑ Tony Moore (11 October 2012). "Bikeway axed for Centenary Motorway widening". Brisbane Times (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 11 October 2012. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hurst, Daniel (6 January 2011). "The train station with no trains". Brisbane Times. 
  4. ↑ "$800 million project offers transport choices" (Press release). Queensland Government. 1 July 2008. 

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