Boggo Road / Park Road railway station, formerly Park Road railway station, is the junction station for the Cleveland and Gold Coast lines in Queensland, Australia. It is located in the Brisbane suburb of Dutton Park.
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 Southbound view in June 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Quarry Street, Dutton Park Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°29′36″S 153°01′49″E / 27.4934°S 153.0302°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 23 metres | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Cleveland Gold Coast North Coast | ||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 5.05 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 side, 1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Boggo Road busway station | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600085 (platform 1) 600190 (platform 2) 600191 (platform 3) 600192 (platform 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail Translink timetable information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Park Road | ||||||||||||||||||
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It is served by Beenleigh, Cleveland and Gold Coast line services. Immediately south of the station lies a triangle junction with the Cleveland and Fisherman Islands lines branching off.[1]
History
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In September 1930, the standard gauge NSW North Coast line opened to the west of the station.[2] On 12 November 1942, a wartime siding opened at Park Road, followed by a second on 28 February 1944. After falling out of use in 1945, the yard was reactivated in 1949. In its later years, it was primarily used by paper trains for Queensland Newspapers. It closed again in the early 1990s.[3]
In February 1995, the waiting shed on the up platform was demolished due to being termite infested.[4]
As part of the construction of the Gold Coast line in the mid-1990s, the standard gauge line was converted to dual gauge to allow these services to be segregated from Beenleigh and Cleveland services.[5][6] In 2000, a project commenced to add a fourth track and platform face between the existing lines, as well as add a platform face to the dual gauge line.[7][8] The new platform opened on 12 June 2001.[9][10]
Platform 4 was intended for use by Gold Coast trains but the curvature of the platform was deemed unsafe for commuter train usage. In preparation for sweeping changes across the network on 20 January 2014, the use of platform 4 at Park Road was trialled from 13 January, before opening for selected Gold Coast services on 20 January.
During a 10-day track closure in December 2021 and January 2022, Park Road station was closed to allow for works to move the Up Beenleigh track 50 metres to the east following the dual gauge unwired flyover, to support the final alignment of Cross River Rail southern portal. The section of track from Dutton Park that allowed access to Platform 2 at Park Road was also removed, resulting in all trains from the down Beenleigh track servicing Platform 3 at Park Road.[11]
As part of the Cross River Rail project, a further two underground platforms are to open in 2026.[12][13]
In August 2024, the station was renamed from Park Road to Boggo Road / Park Road ahead of an eventual renaming to Boggo Road.[14][15][16]
Services
editPark Road station is served by Beenleigh, Cleveland and Gold Coast line services.[17][18][19]
Services by platform
edit| Platform | Line | Destinations | Notes |
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| 1 | Beenleigh | Coopers Plains, Kuraby & Beenleigh | [20] |
| Cleveland | Cannon Hill, Manly & Cleveland | [20] | |
| Gold Coast | Varsity Lakes | [20] | |
| 2 | Cleveland | Bowen Hills & Shorncliffe | [21] |
| 3 | Ferny Grove | Bowen Hills & Ferny Grove | [22] Currently used as Dock/Terminal platform due to Cross River Rail works. |
| 4 | Beenleigh | Bowen Hills & Ferny Grove | [23] |
| Gold Coast | City, Brisbane Airport & Doomben | [23] | |
| Shorncliffe | Shorncliffe | [23] |
Transport links
editAdjacent to the station lies Boggo Road busway station that is served by Transport for Brisbane bus services.[24]
References
edit- ^ Yeronga - Park Road SA Track & Signal
- ^ Brisbane Express First Train Leaves via North Coast Route Sydney Morning Herald 27 September 1930
- ^ The Park Road shunt Railway Digest January 1993 pages 16-17
- ^ Station News Sunshine Express issue 349 April 1995 page 380
- ^ Yeerongpilly - Salisbury Third Road Railway Digest August 1996 page 11
- ^ Rails return to the Gold Coast Railway Digest August 1996 page 19
- ^ Park Road Station Expansion Railway Digest June 2000 page 12
- ^ South-East Queensland Rail in 2020 Sunshine Express issue 596 January 2021 pages 23/24
- ^ Queensland Update Railway Digest July 2001 page 8
- ^ Here & There Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 768 October 2001 page 387
- ^ Changes to train services this Christmas and New Years Cross River Rail
- ^ Boggo Road Station Cross River Rail
- ^ Using caverns to minimise tunnelling disruption in Brisbane New Civil Engineer 6 October 2021
- ^ Iconic Boggo Road becomes new name for major public transport interchange Queensland Rail 22 August 2024
- ^ Iconic station gets name change Rail Express 23 August 2024
- ^ Boggo Road - new name for major public transport interchange Railway Digest October 2024 pages 18/19
- ^ Beenleigh Line timetable Translink
- ^ Cleveland Line timetable Translink
- ^ Gold Coast Line timetable Translink
- ^ a b c Park Road Platform 1 TransLink
- ^ Park Road Platform 2 Translink
- ^ Park Road Platform 3 Translink
- ^ a b c Park Road Platform 4 Translink
- ^ Boggo Road station TransLink
External links
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Media related to Park Road railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Boggo Rd / Park Rd Station Platform Access Map Queensland Rail
- Park Road station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
- Park Road station Translink travel information