South Bank railway station, Brisbane

South Bank railway station is located on the Gold Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of two stations serving the South Brisbane area, the other being South Brisbane station.

South Bank
North-west bound view in September 2006
Location	Grey Street, South Brisbane
Coordinates	27°28′55″S 153°01′23″E
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	City network
Line(s)	Gold Coast
Distance	3.55 kilometres from Central
Platforms	3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks	3
Connections	South Bank busway station
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	600006 (platform 1) 600188 (platform 2) 600189 (platform 3)
Fare zone	go card 1
Website
History
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Vulture Street
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station South Brisbane toward Bowen Hills Beenleigh Line Park Road toward Beenleigh Cleveland Line Park Road toward Cleveland Gold Coast Line Park Road toward Varsity Lakes

History

South Bank station opened as Vulture Street, after the adjoining street. The station provides access to the park and cinemas, and the Grey Street retail and dining precinct.

In September 1930, the standard gauge New South Wales North Coast line opened to the west of the station.[1] In 1995, as part of the construction of the Gold Coast line, the standard gauge line was converted to dual gauge.[2]

On 27 April 2001, the station was renamed South Bank (Vulture Street), later being simplified to South Bank in reference to its proximity to the South Bank Parklands. At the same time a platform face was added on the dual gauge line.[3]

In December 2013, work commenced on a transit oriented development at South Bank, which will see the station covered with office and apartment buildings. The new apartments are called Southpoint.[4] The proposal was announced by the Queensland Government in November 2007.[5]

Services

South Bank station is served by Beenleigh, Cleveland and Gold Coast line services.[6][7][8]

Services by platform

Platform	Line	Destinations	Notes
1	Beenleigh	Kuraby & Beenleigh	[9]
	Cleveland	Park Road, Cannon Hill, Manly & Cleveland	[9]
	Gold Coast	Varsity Lakes	[9]
2	Beenleigh	Bowen Hills & Ferny Grove	[10]
	Cleveland	Bowen Hills, Doomben & Shorncliffe	[10]
	Gold Coast	Bowen Hills & Brisbane Airport Domestic	[10]
3	Beenleigh	Beenleigh	Early morning only[11]
		Park Road, Bowen Hills & Doomben	Saturday services[11]
	Gold Coast	Bowen Hills & Brisbane Airport Domestic	Peak hours only[11]
		Doomben	Morning peak only[11]
		Varsity Lakes	Peak hours only[11]

Transport links

Adjacent to the station lies the South Bank busway station that is served by Brisbane Transport services.[12]

References

1. "Brisbane Express First Train Leaves via North Coast Route" Sydney Morning Herald 27 September 1930
2. "Rails return to the Gold Coast" Railway Digest August 1996 page 19
3. "Queensland Short Lines" Railway Digest January 2001 page 10
4. "Emporium creator to launch $590m Southpoint development". The Urban Developer. 9 August 2013.
5. Anna Bligh (13 November 2007). "Old Meets New in $650 Million South Bank Proposal". Queensland Government.
6. "Beenleigh Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
7. "Cleveland Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
8. "Airport/Gold Coast Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
9. South Bank Platform 1 Translink
10. South Bank Platform 2 Translink
11. South Bank Platform 3 Translink
12. Cultual Centre station TransLink

External links

• South Bank station Queensland Rail
• South Bank station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
• Track layout SA Track & Signal