East Ipswich railway station

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East Ipswich
East Ipswich Railway Station, Queensland, Sep 2012.JPG
Westbound view from Platform 1 in September 2012
General information
LocationMerton Street, East Ipswich
Coordinates 27°36′36″S152°46′30″E / 27.6100°S 152.7750°E / -27.6100; 152.7750 Coordinates: 27°36′36″S152°46′30″E / 27.6100°S 152.7750°E / -27.6100; 152.7750
Owned by Queensland Rail
Operated by City network
Line(s) Main
Distance37.02 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking258 bays
Other information
Station code600345 (platform 1)
600346 (platform 2)
Fare zone go card 3
Website Queensland Rail
History
Opened1879
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesLimestone
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Following station
Booval
towards Bowen Hills
Ipswich & Rosewood Line Ipswich
Terminus
Ipswich
towards Rosewood

East Ipswich railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the suburb of East Ipswich in City of Ipswich. It opened in 1879 as Limestone, being renamed East Ipswich in 1892. [1] [2]

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Services

East Ipswich is served by trains operating to and from Ipswich and Rosewood. Most city-bound services run to Caboolture and Nambour, with some morning peak trains terminating at Bowen Hills. [3] Some afternoon inbound services on weekdays run to Kippa-Ring. [3] East Ipswich is two minutes from Ipswich and 56 minutes on an all-stops train from Central. [3]

Services by platform

PlatformLineDestinationsExpressNotes
1 Ipswich and Rosewood Ipswich and Rosewood*All outbound services stop or terminate at Ipswich. [3] [4]
2 Ipswich and Rosewood Bowen Hills, Caboolture and Nambour Darra to Milton, stopping at Indooroopilly (Weekday mornings only) and express from Bowen Hills to Petrie, stopping at Eagle Junction and Northgate [5] [6] [7] [3] [7]
Kippa-Ring Bowen Hills to Northgate stopping only at Eagle Junction [8] Weekday afternoons only [3] [7]

*Note: One weekday morning service (4:56 am from Central) and selected afternoon peak services continue through to Rosewood. At all other times, a change of train is required at Ipswich. [3]

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References

  1. East Ipswichl Centre for the Government of Queensland
  2. "LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser . Vol. XXXIV, no. [?]869. Queensland, Australia. 13 September 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 13 September 2020 via National Library of Australia.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink . 2 March 2020.
  4. Roads, TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main. "East Ipswich station, platform 1 | TransLink". TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. "Caboolture Line timetable". Translink . 2 March 2020.
  6. "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink . 2 March 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 Roads, TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main. "East Ipswich station, platform 2 | TransLink". TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  8. "Redcliffe Peninsula Line timetable". Translink . 2 March 2020.