Boggo Road / Park Road railway station

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Boggo Road / Park Road
Park Road Railway Station, Queensland, June 2012.JPG
Southbound view in June 2012
General information
LocationQuarry Street, Dutton Park
Australia
Coordinates 27°29′36″S153°01′49″E / 27.4934°S 153.0302°E / -27.4934; 153.0302
Elevation23 metres
Owned by Queensland Rail
Operated byQueensland Rail
Line(s) Cleveland
Gold Coast
North Coast
Distance5.05 kilometres from Central
Platforms4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks4
Connections Boggo Road busway station
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code600085 (platform 1)
600190 (platform 2)
600191 (platform 3)
600192 (platform 4)
Website Queensland Rail
Translink timetable information
History
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesPark Road
Services
Preceding station QRLogoSmall.png Queensland Rail Following station
South Bank
towards Bowen Hills
Beenleigh Line Dutton Park
towards Beenleigh
Cleveland Line Buranda
towards Cleveland
Gold Coast Line Altandi
towards Varsity Lakes

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.

Contents

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

Park Road station circa 1925 Park Road Railway Station ca 1925.jpg
Park Road station circa 1925

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

Park Road station is served by Beenleigh, Cleveland and Gold Coast line services. [17] [18] [19]

Services by platform

PlatformLineDestinationsNotes
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]

Adjacent to the station lies Boggo Road busway station that is served by Transport for Brisbane bus services. [24]

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References

  1. ↑ Yeronga - Park Road SA Track & Signal
  2. ↑ Brisbane Express First Train Leaves via North Coast Route Sydney Morning Herald 27 September 1930
  3. ↑ The Park Road shunt Railway Digest January 1993 pages 16-17
  4. ↑ Station News Sunshine Express issue 349 April 1995 page 380
  5. ↑ Yeerongpilly - Salisbury Third Road Railway Digest August 1996 page 11
  6. ↑ Rails return to the Gold Coast Railway Digest August 1996 page 19
  7. ↑ Park Road Station Expansion Railway Digest June 2000 page 12
  8. ↑ South-East Queensland Rail in 2020 Sunshine Express issue 596 January 2021 pages 23/24
  9. ↑ Queensland Update Railway Digest July 2001 page 8
  10. ↑ Here & There Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 768 October 2001 page 387
  11. ↑ Changes to train services this Christmas and New Years Cross River Rail
  12. ↑ Boggo Road Station Cross River Rail
  13. ↑ Using caverns to minimise tunnelling disruption in Brisbane New Civil Engineer 6 October 2021
  14. ↑ Iconic Boggo Road becomes new name for major public transport interchange Queensland Rail 22 August 2024
  15. ↑ Iconic station gets name change Rail Express 23 August 2024
  16. ↑ Boggo Road - new name for major public transport interchange Railway Digest October 2024 pages 18/19
  17. ↑ Beenleigh Line timetable Translink
  18. ↑ Cleveland Line timetable Translink
  19. ↑ Gold Coast Line timetable Translink
  20. 1 2 3 Park Road Platform 1 TransLink
  21. ↑ Park Road Platform 2 Translink
  22. ↑ Park Road Platform 3 Translink
  23. 1 2 3 Park Road Platform 4 Translink
  24. ↑ Boggo Road station TransLink

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