Toowong railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox station
|name = Toowong
|type =
|style = TransLink (Queensland)
|image = Toowong_Railway_Station,_Queensland,_Oct_2012.JPG
|image_caption = Station entrance in October 2012
|address = Sherwood Road, Toowong
|country =
|coordinates = {{coord|-27.4760|152.9969|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD_source:openstreetmap}}
|elevation =
|distance = 4.48 kilometres from Central
|line = Main
|other =
|structure = Underground
|platform = 4 (2 island)
|depth =
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|tracks =
|parking =
|bicycle =
|opened = 14 June 1875
|closed =
|rebuilt = 1960
|electrified = Yes
|accessible = Yes
|code = 600287 (platform 1)
600288 (platform 2)
600289 (platform 3)
600290 (platform 4)
|owned = Queensland Rail
|operator = Queensland Rail
|zone = go card 1
|status = Staffed
|former =
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|services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Queensland Rail
|line1=Ipswich and Rosewood|left1=Auchenflower|right1=Taringa
|line2=Springfield|left2=Auchenflower|right2=Taringa
}}
|map_locator =
|web = [http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/AllStations/Pages/AllStations.aspx?StationName=Toowong Queensland Rail]}}
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.
History
Toowong station opened on 14 June 1875.{{cite book|title=Brisbane's Western Suburbs: our heritage in focus|last=Meadows|first=Jane|year=1994|publisher=State Library of Queensland Foundation|isbn=0-7242-6077-3|page=91 }}[http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/toowong Toowong] Centre for the Government of Queensland The station was submerged during the 1893 floods.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173514964|title=Toowong.|date=7 February 1893|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=6,336|location=Queensland, Australia|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=7 February 2017}}
The station was rebuilt in 1960 as part of the quadruplication of the line.{{cite QHR|30579|Graceville Railway Station|602717|accessdate=13 July 2015}} In the 1980s, the air rights were sold and redeveloped as the Toowong Village shopping centre."Queensland" Railway Digest April 1985 page 119
Services
Toowong is served by City network services operating from Nambour, Caboolture, Kippa-Ring and Bowen Hills to Springfield Central, Ipswich and Rosewood.{{Queensland Timetables|Ipswich}}{{Queensland Timetables|Springfield}}
Services by platform
| class="wikitable" style="float: none; margin: 0.5em; " |
| Platform
!Lines !Destinations !Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1
|style=background:#008851|Ipswich & Rosewood |[{{Translink stop|600287/timetable}} Toowong Platform 1] TransLink |
| style=background:#1e90ff|Springfield |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2
|style=background:#008851|Ipswich & Rosewood |Bowen Hills, Caboolture & Nambour |[{{Translink stop|600288/timetable}} Toowong Platform 2] TransLink |
| style=background:#1e90ff|Springfield
|Bowen Hills,Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour |Caboolture & Nambour services operate Weekday afternoons only. |
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|3
|style=background:#008851|Ipswich & Rosewood |evening peak only[{{Translink stop|600289/timetable}} Toowong Platform 3] TransLink |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|4
|style=background:#008851|Ipswich & Rosewood |Bowen Hills, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour |evening peak only[{{Translink stop|600290/timetable}} Toowong Platform 4] TransLink |
| style=background:#1e90ff|Springfield |
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150213133736/http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/AllStations/Pages/AllStations.aspx?StationName=Toowong Toowong station] Queensland Rail
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081104162248/http://qroti.com/placeinfo/qld/rail/toowong/ Toowong station] Queensland's Railways on the Internet
{{Queensland Rail railway stations|Ipswich and Rosewood=y|Springfield=y|state=collapsed}}
Category:Railway stations in Brisbane