Birkdale railway station, Brisbane

Railway station in Queensland, Australia

Birkdale

Eastbound view from the station platform, May 2020

General information
Location| Napier Street, Birkdale
Coordinates| 27°29′38″S 153°13′07″E﻿ / ﻿27.4940°S 153.2187°E﻿ / -27.4940; 153.2187
Owned by| Queensland Rail
Operated by| Queensland Rail
Line(s)| Cleveland
Distance| 30.55 kilometres from Central
Platforms| 1
Tracks| 1
Construction
Structure type| Ground
Parking| 118 bays
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| 600273
Fare zone| go card 2
Website| Queensland Rail
History
Opened| 1889
Rebuilt| 1986
Electrified| Yes
Services
| Preceding station  |  Queensland Rail | Following station

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Thorneside

towards Bowen Hills

|  | Cleveland Line |  | Wellington Point

towards Cleveland

Location

Birkdale railway station is located on the Cleveland line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the suburb of Birkdale in Redland City.

## History

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In 1889, the Cleveland line was extended from Manly to the original Cleveland station.[1][2]

Birkdale station opened in 1889 at the same time as the line.[3][4] On 1 November 1960, the station closed when the line was truncated to Lota.[5] The station reopened on 26 July 1986 as the line was being rebuilt to Cleveland.[6]

## Services

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Birkdale is served by Cleveland line services from Shorncliffe, Northgate, Doomben and Bowen Hills to Cleveland.[7]

## Services by platform

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Platform  | Line  | Destinations  | Notes

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1  | Cleveland | Cleveland, Bowen Hills, Northgate, Doomben & Shorncliffe | [8]

## Transport links

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Transdev Queensland operate two bus routes from Birkdale station:

* 254: Capalaba to Wellington Point[9]
* 255: to Cleveland via Wellington Point[10]

## References

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1. ^ "Cleveland Central station". The Brisbane Courier. QLD. 28 November 1925. p. 3. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
2. ^ "Cleveland and Cleveland Shire". Centre for the Government of Queensland.
3. ^ "Birkdale timeline". Redland City Council. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011.
4. ^ "Tuesday June 24, 1890". The Brisbane Courier. QLD. 24 June 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
5. ^ "Legislative Assembly - 6 September 1961" (PDF). qld.gov.au. Queensland Government. 6 September 1961. p. 230. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
6. ^ Judith Kerr (25 October 2012). "Train driver on track for station's 25th anniversary". Redland City Bulletin. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
7. ^ "Cleveland Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
8. ^ Birkdale Platform 1 Translink
9. ^ "Route 254 timetable". Translink.
10. ^ "Route 255 timetable". Translink.

## External links

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* Media related to Birkdale railway station at Wikimedia Commons
* Birkdale station Queensland Rail
* Birkdale station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
* Birkdale station Translink travel information

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Queensland Rail railway stations

* Railways in South East Queensland
* List of closed railway stations in Brisbane

Queensland Rail Citytrain services and stations

Cleveland|

* Bowen Hills
* Fortitude Valley
* Brisbane Central
* Roma Street
* South Brisbane
* South Bank
* Boggo Road
* Buranda
* Coorparoo
* Norman Park
* Morningside
* Cannon Hill
* Murarrie
* Hemmant
* Lindum
* Wynnum North
* Wynnum
* Wynnum Central
* Manly
* Lota
* Thorneside
* Birkdale
* Wellington Point
* Ormiston
* Cleveland

*   Airport and Gold Coast
*   Beenleigh and Ferny Grove
*   Caboolture/Sunshine Coast and Ipswich/Rosewood
*   Cleveland and Shorncliffe
*   Doomben
*   Redcliffe Peninsula and Springfield

Queensland Rail Travel services and stations

*   Spirit of Queensland
*   Spirit of the Outback
*   Tilt Train
*   The Westlander
*   The Inlander
*   Gulflander
*   Kuranda Scenic Railway

Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction

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