Ascot railway station, Brisbane

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Ascot
ASCOT .jpg
Looking towards Doomben in March 2018.
General information
LocationMcGill Avenue, Ascot
Coordinates 27°25′48″S153°03′50″E / 27.4299°S 153.0638°E / -27.4299; 153.0638
Owned by Queensland Rail
Operated by Queensland Rail
Line(s) Pinkenba
Distance8.90 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station code600433 (platform 1)
600434 (platform 2)
Fare zone go card 1
Website Queensland Rail
History
Opened3 September 1882
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesHendra Siding
Racecourse
Services
Preceding station QRLogoSmall.png Queensland Rail Following station
Hendra
towards Roma Street
Doomben Line Doomben
Terminus

Ascot railway station is located on the Pinkenba line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Ascot adjacent to Eagle Farm Racecourse.

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History

Ascot station opened on 3 September 1882 as Hendra Siding coinciding with that of the Pinkenba railway line. It was later renamed Racecourse and eventually renamed as Ascot. [1] The line was electrified on 6 February 1988. All passenger services on the line were suspended on 27 September 1993 as part of a statewide rationalisation of the rail network with the closing or suspending of under-utilised or unprofitable rail lines. Trains continued to serve Ascot when major race events were held.

Passenger services resumed on 27 January 1998, but only as far as Doomben with bus connections to the other abandoned stations. [2]

Heritage listing

A combined entry for Eagle Farm Racecourse and Ascot Railway Station was listed in the Queensland Heritage Register in 2004. [3]

Services

Ascot station is served by all stops Doomben line services from Doomben to Roma Street, Park Road and Cleveland. [4]

Services by platform

PlatformLineDestinationsNotes
1 Doomben Roma Street, Park Road, Cleveland & Doomben [5]
2 Doomben No scheduled services [6] [note 1]

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References

  1. Ascot Centre for the Government of Queensland
  2. Doomben Rail Service Resume January 27 Archived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Government 21 January 1998
  3. "Eagle Farm Racecourse and Ascot Railway Station (entry 602195)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  4. "Doomben Line timetable". TransLink . 2 March 2020.
  5. Ascot Platform 1 Translink
  6. Ascot Platform 2 Translink

Notes

  1. The second platform at Ascot is out of use and not accessible by rail traffic as it is disconnected from the mainline.