Toowong railway station

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.

Toowong
Station entrance in October 2012
Location	Sherwood Road, Toowong
Coordinates	27°28′34″S 152°59′49″E
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	City network
Line(s)	Main
Distance	4.48 kilometres from Central
Platforms	4 (2 island)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	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
Rebuilt	1960
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station Auchenflower toward Bowen Hills Ipswich & Rosewood Line Taringa toward Rosewood Springfield Line Taringa toward Springfield Central

History

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

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

Platform	Lines	Destinations	Notes
1	Ipswich & Rosewood	Ipswich & Rosewood*	[8]
	Springfield	Springfield Central	[8]
2	Ipswich & Rosewood	Bowen Hills, Caboolture & Nambour	[9]
	Springfield	Bowen Hills, Doomben, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour	Caboolture & Nambour services operate Weekday afternoons only. 1 Doomben service operate Mon-Thur afternoon only[9]
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 (4:56am 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

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 (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. "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
7. "Springfield Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
8. Toowong Platform 1 TransLink
9. Toowong Platform 2 TransLink
10. Toowong Platform 3 TransLink
11. Toowong Platform 4 TransLink

External links

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