Doomben railway station

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Doomben Railway Station, Queensland, Oct 2012.JPG
Westbound view from Platform 1 in July 2012
General information
LocationLamington Avenue, Ascot
Coordinates 27°25′53″S153°04′31″E / 27.4314°S 153.0753°E / -27.4314; 153.0753
Owned by Queensland Rail
Operated by Queensland Rail
Line(s) Pinkenba
Distance9.90 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking6 bays
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code600435 (platform 1)
600436 (platform 2)
Fare zone go card 1
Website Queensland Rail
History
Opened1976
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesWhinstanes-Doomben
Services
Preceding station QRLogoSmall.png Queensland Rail Following station
Ascot
towards Roma Street
Doomben Line Terminus
Former Services
Ascot
towards Roma Street
Pinkenba Line Eagle Farm
towards Pinkenba

Doomben railway station is the terminal station of the Doomben line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Ascot adjacent to Doomben Racecourse.

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History

The Pinkenba line opened on 1 April 1897 to Pinkenba. A station for Doomben Racecourse was opened in 1909 [1] alongside the Nudgee Road level crossing, and in 1976 a new station named Whinstanes-Doomben opened slightly farther east; Whinstanes was the name of the industrial branch line that crosses Kingsford Smith Drive to the Hamilton Cold Stores. The original Doomben station was closed.

The new station was renamed Doomben when 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 Doomben when major race events were held.

Passenger services resumed on 27 January 1998, with Doomben becoming the terminal station with bus connections to the other abandoned stations. [2]

Services

Doomben is the terminus for all stops services to and from Roma Street, Park Road and Cleveland. [3]

Services by platform

PlatformLineDestinationsNotes
1 Doomben Roma Street, Park Road & Cleveland [4]
2 Doomben No scheduled services [5]

Transport for Brisbane operate two bus routes from Doomben station:

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References

  1. ↑ "Shunting Doomben" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin November 1991 pages 264-275
  2. ↑ Doomben Rail Service Resume January 27 Archived 10 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Government 21 January 1998
  3. ↑ "Doomben Line timetable". TransLink . 2 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Doomben Platform 1 Translink
  5. ↑ Doomben Platform 2 Translink
  6. ↑ "Route 301 timetable". Translink .
  7. ↑ "Route 303 timetable". Translink .
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