Doboy | |||||||||||
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 Aerial view in 1992 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Murarrie | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°27′11″S153°06′55″E / 27.4531°S 153.1153°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Closed | 1993 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Birt's Siding Buruda | ||||||||||
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Doboy railway station was a former railway station on QR Citytrain suburban network in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. [1] It was located between Murarrie and Hemmant stations on the Cleveland railway line.
Originally named Birt's Siding, changed in 1910 to Buruda [2] (Burata), the Aboriginal word for forest oak, [3] it was renamed as Doboy railway station in 1929. [4] The station consisted of two short platforms and a pedestrian overbridge, and was predominantly used by workers at the nearby meatworks. [5]
Doboy railway station closed in 1993, after the closure of the meatworks in 1992. [5] [6]
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