Toowong railway station

Railway station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Toowong

Station entrance in October 2012

General information
Location| Sherwood Road, Toowong
Coordinates| 27°28′34″S 152°59′49″E﻿ / ﻿27.4760°S 152.9969°E﻿ / -27.4760; 152.9969
Owned by| Queensland Rail
Operated by| Queensland Rail
Line(s)| Main
Distance| 4.48 kilometres from Central
Platforms| 4 (2 island)
Construction
Structure type| Underground
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Status| Staffed
Station code| 600287 (platform 1)
600288 (platform 2)
600289 (platform 3)
600290 (platform 4)
Fare zone| go card 1
Website| Queensland Rail
History
Opened| 14 June 1875; 150 years ago (1875-06-14)
Rebuilt| 1960
Electrified| Yes
Services
| Preceding station  |  Queensland Rail | Following station

|
|

Auchenflower

towards Bowen Hills

|  | Ipswich & Rosewood Line |  | Taringa

towards Ipswich or Rosewood

| Springfield Line |  | Taringa

towards Springfield Central

Location

Toowong railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Toowong. It is the closest station to the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland.

## History

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Toowong station opened on 14 June 1875.[1][2] The station was submerged during the 1893 floods.[3]

The station was rebuilt in 1960 as part of the quadruplication of the line.[4] In the 1980s, the air rights were sold and redeveloped as the Toowong Village shopping centre.[5]

## Services

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Toowong is served by City network services operating from Nambour, Caboolture, Kippa-Ring and Bowen Hills to Springfield Central, Ipswich and Rosewood.[6][7]

## Services by platform

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Platform  | Lines  | Destinations  | Notes

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1  | Ipswich & Rosewood | Ipswich & Rosewood*  | [8]
Springfield | Springfield Central | [8]
2  | Ipswich & Rosewood | Bowen Hills, Caboolture & Nambour | [9]
Springfield | Bowen Hills,Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour | Caboolture & Nambour services operate Weekday afternoons only.
3  | Ipswich & Rosewood | Ipswich & Rosewood*  | evening peak only[10]
4  | Ipswich & Rosewood | Bowen Hills, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour | evening peak only[11]
Springfield | Bowen Hills, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour | evening peak only[11]

*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.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Meadows, Jane (1994). Brisbane's Western Suburbs: our heritage in focus. State Library of Queensland Foundation. p. 91\. ISBN 0-7242-6077-3.
2. ^ Toowong Centre for the Government of Queensland
3. ^ "Toowong". The Telegraph. No. 6, 336. Queensland, Australia. 7 February 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2017 - via National Library of Australia.
4. ^ "Graceville Railway Station (entry 602717)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
5. ^ "Queensland" Railway Digest April 1985 page 119
6. ^ a b "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
7. ^ "Springfield Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
8. ^ a b Toowong Platform 1 TransLink
9. ^ Toowong Platform 2 TransLink
10. ^ Toowong Platform 3 TransLink
11. ^ a b Toowong Platform 4 TransLink

View of the Toowong Railway Station 1880

## External links

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

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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

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

Springfield|

* Bowen Hills
* Fortitude Valley
* Brisbane Central
* Roma Street
* Milton
* Auchenflower
* Toowong
* Taringa
* Indooroopilly
* Chelmer
* Graceville
* Sherwood
* Corinda
* Oxley
* Darra
* Richlands
* Ellen Grove
* Springfield
* Springfield Central

* 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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