Eagle Junction railway station

Eagle Junction
Station building and entrance, October 2012
General information
LocationJunction Road, Clayfield
Coordinates27°24′55″S 153°03′02″E / 27.4153°S 153.0505°E / -27.4153; 153.0505
Owned byQueensland Rail
Operated byQueensland Rail
Line(s)North Coast
Doomben
Airport
Distance6.52 kilometres from Central
Platforms4 (2 islands)
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking123 bays
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code600395 (platform 1)
600396 (platform 2)
600401 (platform 3)
600402 (platform 4)
Fare zonego card 1
WebsiteQueensland Rail
History
Rebuilt1963, 2011
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesEagle Farm Junction
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Queensland Rail Following station
Wooloowin
towards Roma Street
Airport Line International Airport
Bowen Hills
towards Roma Street
Caboolture Line Northgate
towards Caboolture
Wooloowin
towards Roma Street
Doomben Line Clayfield
towards Doomben
Bowen Hills
towards Roma Street
Redcliffe Peninsula Line Northgate
towards Kippa-Ring
Wooloowin
towards Roma Street
Shorncliffe Line Toombul
towards Shorncliffe
Bowen Hills
towards Roma Street
Sunshine Coast Line Northgate
towards Nambour

Eagle Junction railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of two railway stations serving the Brisbane suburb of Clayfield, the other being Clayfield railway station. North of the station, the Pinkenba and Airport lines branch off.

History

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The station opened as Eagle Farm Junction, being renamed Eagle Junction in January 1888.[1] The original name reflects that this station was the junction at which the line to Eagle Farm branched off.

The station was rebuilt in 1963.[2] In 2011, the station was upgraded.[3][4]

Services

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Eagle Junction station is served by Airport, Caboolture, Doomben, Redcliffe Peninsula, Shorncliffe and Sunshine Coast line services.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Services by platform

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Platform Lines Destinations Notes
1 Airport Roma Street, Park Road & Varsity Lakes [12]
Doomben Roma Street & Park Road [12]
Cleveland Evening peak only[12]
Shorncliffe Roma Street, Cannon Hill, Manly & Cleveland [12]
2 Airport Brisbane Airport Domestic [13]
Doomben Doomben [13]
Shorncliffe Northgate & Shorncliffe [13]
3 Caboolture City, Springfield Central, Ipswich & Rosewood [14]
Redcliffe Peninsula Roma Street, Springfield Central & Ipswich [14]
Sunshine Coast Roma Street, Springfield Central & Ipswich [14]
4 Caboolture Caboolture [15]
Redcliffe Peninsula Kippa-Ring [15]
Sunshine Coast Nambour [15]

References

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  1. ^ "Official Notifications". The Brisbane Courier. 21 January 1888. p. 6. Retrieved 27 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Graceville Railway Station (entry 602717)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ^ The Future of Wooloowin is on its Way Archived 1 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine City North Infrastructure
  4. ^ Eagle Junction set for $10 million make-over Queensland Government 7 July 2010
  5. ^ "Airport/Gold Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Caboolture Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Doomben Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Redcliffe Peninsula Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Shorncliffe Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Inner City timetable" (PDF). Translink. 2 March 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d Eagle Junction Platform 1 Translink
  13. ^ a b c Eagle Junction Platform 2 Translink
  14. ^ a b c Eagle Junction Platform 3 Translink
  15. ^ a b c Eagle Junction Platform 4 Translink
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