Mitchelton railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Mitchelton

| type =

| style = TransLink (Queensland)

| image = Mitchelton Railway Station, Queensland, Aug 2012.JPG

| image_caption = Mitchelton station in August 2012

| address = McConaghy Street, Mitchelton

| country =

| coordinates = {{coord|27|24|42|S|152|58|33|E|region:AU-QLD_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title|name=Mitchelton railway station, Brisbane}}

| elevation =

| distance = 10.94 kilometres from Central

| line = Ferny Grove

| other =

| bus_routes = 369, 390, 396, 397, 398

| bus_operators = Transport for Brisbane

| structure = Ground

| platform = 2 (1 island)

| depth =

| levels =

| tracks = 2

| parking = 303 bays

| bicycle = Yes

| baggage_check =

| opened = {{Start date|1918|03|03|df=y}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176194230 |title=Queensland Railways: Opening of Line to Mitchelton |newspaper=The Telegraph (Brisbane) |location=Queensland, Australia |date=27 February 1918 |access-date=16 February 2020 |page=8 |edition =2nd |via=Trove }}

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = Yes

| accessible = Yes

| code = 600381 (platform 1)
600382 (platform 2)

| owned = Queensland Rail

| operator = Queensland Rail

| zone = go card 2

| status = Staffed

| former =

| passengers =

| pass_year =

| pass_percent =

| pass_system =

| mpassengers = {{Rail pass box

| passengers = 237,657

| pass_percent =

| pass_rank = 25

| pass_year = 2022-23

}}

| services =

{{Adjacent stations|system=Queensland Rail|line=Ferny Grove|left=Gaythorne|right=Oxford Park}}

| map_locator =

| web = [https://web.archive.org/web/20150217122840/http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/AllStations/Pages/AllStations.aspx?StationName=Mitchelton Queensland Rail]}}

Mitchelton railway station is located on the Ferny Grove line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of two railway stations serving the Brisbane suburb of Mitchelton, the other being Oxford Park railway station.

History

The station opened in March 1918 due to public demand.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176195380 |title=Enoggera Railway. |newspaper=The Telegraph (Brisbane) |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 February 1918 |access-date=16 February 2020 |page=9 |via=Trove }}{{cite web|title=Queensland Places – Mitchelton|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/mitchelton|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland|accessdate=17 February 2015}} To the north of the station lies a turnback siding.

Services

Mitchelton station is served by all stops Ferny Grove line services from Ferny Grove to Roma Street, Park Road, Coopers Plains and Beenleigh.{{Queensland Timetables|Ferny Grove}}

Services by platform

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Platform

!Line

!Destinations

!Notes

rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;"|1

|style="background:#E31836"|Ferny Grove railway line

|Roma Street, Park Road, Coopers Plains & Beenleigh

|[{{Translink stop|600381/timetable}} Mitchelton Platform 1] Translink

rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;"|2

|style="background:#E31836"|Ferny Grove railway line

|Ferny Grove

|[{{Translink stop|600382/timetable}} Mitchelton Platform 2] Translink

References

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