East Ipswich | ||||||||||||
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 Westbound view from Platform 1 in September 2012 | ||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Location | Merton Street, East Ipswich | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°36′36″S 152°46′30″E / 27.6100°S 152.7750°E | |||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||
| Operated by | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main | |||||||||||
| Distance | 37.02 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||
| Parking | 258 bays | |||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||
| Station code | 600345 (platform 1) 600346 (platform 2) | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | go card 3 | |||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | 1879 | |||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||
| Previous names | Limestone | |||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||
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East Ipswich railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the suburb of East Ipswich in City of Ipswich. It opened in 1879 as Limestone, being renamed East Ipswich in 1892.[1][2]
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Sunny Morning at Ipswich Train Station, GEML | 08/12/18
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Ipswich rail station's redeveloped booking hall
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Services
East Ipswich is served by trains operating to and from Ipswich and Rosewood. Most city-bound services run to Caboolture and Nambour, with some morning peak trains terminating at Bowen Hills.[3] Some afternoon inbound services on weekdays run to Kippa-Ring.[3] East Ipswich is two minutes from Ipswich and 56 minutes on an all-stops train from Central.[3]
Services by platform
| Platform | Line | Destinations | Express | Notes |
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| 1 | Ipswich and Rosewood | Ipswich and Rosewood* | All outbound services stop or terminate at Ipswich.[3][4] | |
| 2 | Ipswich and Rosewood | Bowen Hills, Caboolture and Nambour | Darra to Milton, stopping at Indooroopilly (Weekday mornings only) and express from Bowen Hills to Petrie, stopping at Eagle Junction and Northgate[5][6][7] | [3][7] |
| Kippa-Ring | Bowen Hills to Northgate stopping only at Eagle Junction[8] | Weekday afternoons only[3][7] |
*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.[3]
References
- ^ East Ipswichl Centre for the Government of Queensland
- ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. Vol. XXXIV, no. [?]869. Queensland, Australia. 13 September 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 13 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ^ Roads, TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main. "East Ipswich station, platform 1 | TransLink". TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Caboolture Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Roads, TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main. "East Ipswich station, platform 2 | TransLink". TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Redcliffe Peninsula Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
External links
Media related to East Ipswich railway station at Wikimedia Commons- East Ipswich station Queensland Rail
- East Ipswich station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
This page was last edited on 15 December 2023, at 06:38