Buranda railway station is located on the Cleveland line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of two stations serving the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba, the other being Park Road.
Buranda | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Gillingham Street, Woolloongabba | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°29′47″S 153°02′26″E / 27.4965°S 153.0405°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Cleveland | ||||||||||
Distance | 6.20 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Connections | Buranda busway station | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Parking | 30 bays | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Closed for upgrade[1] | ||||||||||
Station code | 600248 (platform 1) 600249 (platform 2) | ||||||||||
Fare zone | go card 1 | ||||||||||
Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1889 | ||||||||||
Closed | January 2024 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2024-2025 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | Logan Road | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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West of the station, the line joins the Beenleigh line via a triangle junction.[2]
History edit
Buranda station opened in 1889 as Logan Road, being renamed Buranda in 1917.[3][4][5][6]
On 15 July 1996, the Fisherman Islands line to the Port of Brisbane opened to the north of the station.[7][8]
In the early hours of 29 March 2009, the main station building on platform one was destroyed by fire.[9] A 17-year-old man was later charged with one count of arson following the incident.[10]
Services edit
Buranda is served by Cleveland line services from Shorncliffe, Northgate, Doomben and Bowen Hills to Cannon Hill, Manly and Cleveland.[11]
Services by platform edit
Platform | Line | Destinations | Notes |
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1 | Cleveland | Cannon Hill, Manly & Cleveland | [12] |
2 | Cleveland | Bowen Hills, Northgate, Doomben & Shorncliffe | [13] |
Transport links edit
Adjacent to the station lies Buranda busway station that is served by Transport for Brisbane bus services.[14]
References edit
- ^ "Buranda train station upgrade". Translink. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Yeronga – Park Road SA Track & Signal
- ^ Buranda Centre for the Government of Queensland
- ^ Buranda Brisbane Memories
- ^ "THE CLEVELAND RAILWAY". Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 – 1933). Qld. 26 October 1889. p. 5. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ ""BURANDA."". Daily Standard (Brisbane, Qld. : 1912 – 1936) (Second ed.). Brisbane, Qld. 6 July 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Fisherman Islands line opened – partly" Railway Digest September 1996 page 18
- ^ Dutton Park Junction – Cannon Hill SA Track & Signal
- ^ Train station destroyed by fire Brisbane Times 29 March 2009
- ^ Teenager charged with burning down Buranda Railway station The Courier Mail 31 March 2009
- ^ "Cleveland Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ^ Buranda Platform 1 TransLink
- ^ Buranda Platform 2 TransLink
- ^ Buranda busway station TransLink
External links edit
- Media related to Buranda railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Buranda station Queensland Rail
- Buranda station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
- Buranda station Translink travel information