Boggo Road railway station

Boggo Road
Southbound view of the station platforms, June 2012
General information
Location	Quarry Street, Dutton Park Australia
Coordinates	27°29′36″S153°01′49″E / 27.4934°S 153.0302°E / -27.4934; 153.0302
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
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	600085 (platform 1) 600190 (platform 2) 600191 (platform 3) 600192 (platform 4)
Website	Queensland Rail Translink timetable information
History
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Park Road
Services
Preceding station 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
Location

Boggo 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. Until 2024, it was known as Park Road railway station.

It is served by services on the Beenleigh, Cleveland and Gold Coast lines. 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

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 the station 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, the 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 the station was also removed, resulting in all trains from the down Beenleigh track servicing Platform 3 at the station. ^[11]

As part of the Cross River Rail project, a further two underground platforms are to open in 2029. ^{[12] [13]}

In August 2024, the station was renamed from Park Road to Boggo Rd / Park Rd ahead of renaming to Boggo Road, which occurred on 21 July 2025. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

Services

Boggo Road station is served by Beenleigh, Cleveland and Gold Coast line services. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

Services by platform

Platform	Line	Destinations	Notes
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

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

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. Park Road Platform 1 TransLink
21. Park Road Platform 2 Translink
22. Park Road Platform 3 Translink
23. Park Road Platform 4 Translink
24. Boggo Road station TransLink

External links

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