East Ipswich railway station

Railway station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

East Ipswich

Westbound view from Platform 1 in September 2012

General information
Location| Merton Street, East Ipswich
Coordinates| 27°36′36″S 152°46′30″E﻿ / ﻿27.6100°S 152.7750°E﻿ / -27.6100; 152.7750
Owned by| Queensland Rail
Operated by| Queensland Rail
Line(s)| Main
Distance| 37.02 kilometres from Central
Platforms| 2 side
Tracks| 2
Construction
Structure type| Ground
Parking| 258 bays
Other information
Station code| 600345 (platform 1)
600346 (platform 2)
Fare zone| go card 3
Website| Queensland Rail
History
Opened| 1879
Electrified| Yes
Previous names| Limestone
Services
| Preceding station  |  Queensland Rail | Following station

|
|

Booval

towards Bowen Hills

|  | Ipswich & Rosewood Line |  | Ipswich

Terminus

Ipswich

towards Rosewood

East Ipswich railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the suburb of East Ipswich in City of Ipswich. It opened in 1879 as Limestone, being renamed East Ipswich in 1892.[1][2]

## Services

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East Ipswich is served by trains operating to and from Ipswich and Rosewood. Most city-bound services run to Caboolture and Nambour, with some morning peak trains terminating at Bowen Hills.[3] Some afternoon inbound services on weekdays run to Kippa-Ring.[3] East Ipswich is two minutes from Ipswich and 56 minutes on an all-stops train from Central.[3]

### Services by platform

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Platform  | Line  | Destinations  | Express  | Notes

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1  | Ipswich and Rosewood | Ipswich and Rosewood*  |  | All outbound services stop or terminate at Ipswich.[3][4]
2  | Ipswich and Rosewood | Bowen Hills, Caboolture and Nambour | Darra to Milton, stopping at Indooroopilly (Weekday mornings only) and express from Bowen Hills to Petrie, stopping at Eagle Junction and Northgate[5][6][7] | [3][7]
Kippa-Ring | Bowen Hills to Northgate stopping only at Eagle Junction[8] | Weekday afternoons only[3][7]

*Note: One weekday morning service (4:56 am from Central) and selected afternoon peak services continue through to Rosewood. At all other times, a change of train is required at Ipswich.[3]

## References

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1. ^ East Ipswichl Centre for the Government of Queensland
2. ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser. Vol. XXXIV, no. [?]869. Queensland, Australia. 13 September 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 13 September 2020 - via National Library of Australia.
3. ^ a b c d e f g "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
4. ^ Roads, TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main. "East Ipswich station, platform 1 | TransLink". TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Retrieved 20 June 2017.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. ^ "Caboolture Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
6. ^ "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
7. ^ a b c Roads, TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main. "East Ipswich station, platform 2 | TransLink". TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Retrieved 20 June 2017.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
8. ^ "Redcliffe Peninsula Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.

## External links

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* Media related to East Ipswich railway station at Wikimedia Commons
* East Ipswich station Queensland Rail
* East Ipswich station Queensland's Railways on the Internet

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Queensland Rail railway stations

* Rail network in South East Queensland
* List of closed railway stations in Brisbane

Queensland Rail services and stations

Ipswich &
Rosewood|

* Bowen Hills
* Fortitude Valley
* Brisbane Central
* Roma Street
* Milton
* Auchenflower
* Toowong
* Taringa
* Indooroopilly
* Chelmer
* Graceville
* Sherwood
* Corinda
* Oxley
* Darra
* Wacol
* Gailes
* Goodna
* Redbank
* Riverview
* Dinmore
* Ebbw Vale
* Bundamba
* Booval
* East Ipswich
* Ipswich
* Thomas Street
* Wulkuraka
* Karrabin
* Walloon
* Thagoona
* Rosewood

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

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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