Geebung railway station

Geebung railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Geebung.

Geebung Station
Geebung
Northbound view from Platform 1 in August 2012
LocationRailway Parade, Geebung
Coordinates27.3687°S 153.0473°E / -27.3687; 153.0473
Elevation15 metres
Owned byQueensland Rail
Operated byCity network
Line(s)North Coast
Distance13.42 kilometres from Central
Platforms3 (1 side, 1 island)
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking35
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusStaffed part time
Station code600443 (platform 1)
600444 (platform 2)
600445 (platform 3)
Fare zonego card 2
WebsiteQueensland Rail
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
toward Roma Street
Redcliffe Peninsula Line
toward Kippa-Ring

History

On 28 August 2000, a third platform opened as part of the addition of a third track from Northgate to Bald Hills.[1][2]

In June 2013, a construction crew of an overpass at the Geebung railway station in northern Brisbane uncovered the 50-million-year-old fossilized remains (vertebrae) of a 5-metre crocodile trapped in a layer of oil shale. Workers drilling holes as part of an overpass reach the crocodile remains, as well as frogs, fish and plant fossils, in the spoil, the oil shale rock and soil found in the excavation pit. The fossil remains were discovered by a work crew drilling a hole for a bridge support over an area called the Zillman Waterholes.[3]

In 2014, the level crossing to the south of the station was replaced by a bridge.[4]

Services

Geebung is served by all City network services from Kippa-Ring to Central, many continuing to Springfield Central[5]

Services by platform
Platform Line Destinations Notes
1 Redcliffe Peninsula Roma Street & Springfield Central [6]
Ipswich 1 weekday afternoon service only[6]
2 Redcliffe Peninsula Kippa-Ring Evening peak only[7]
3 Redcliffe Peninsula Kippa-Ring [8]

References
  1. "Queensland Update" Railway Digest January 2000 page 13
  2. "Northgate - Bald Hills Third Track Opens" Railway Digest October 2000 page 11
  3. Phenomenal fossil find in Brisbane's north Brisbane Times 16 July 2013
  4. Road Overpass Bridge Opens to Traffic Geebung Overpass Alliance April 2014
  5. "Redcliffe Peninsula Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
  6. "Geebung Platform 1". TransLink.
  7. "Geebung Platform 2". TransLink.
  8. "Geebung Platform 3". TransLink.
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