Sherwood railway station, Brisbane

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Sherwood
Sherwood Railway Station, Queensland, Aug 2012.JPG
Southbound view from Platform 3 in August 2012
General information
LocationHonour Avenue, Sherwood
Coordinates 27°31′52″S152°58′46″E / 27.5311°S 152.9795°E / -27.5311; 152.9795
Owned by Queensland Rail
Operated by Queensland Rail
Line(s) Main
Distance10.69 kilometres from Central
Platforms4 (2 island)
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code600309 (platform 1)
600310 (platform 2)
600311 (platform 3)
600312 (platform 4)
Fare zone go card 2
Website Queensland Rail
History
Opened5 October 1874 (1874-10-05) [1]
Rebuilt1960
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station QRLogoSmall.png Queensland Rail Following station
Graceville
towards Bowen Hills
Ipswich & Rosewood Line Corinda
towards Ipswich or Rosewood
Springfield Line Corinda
towards Springfield Central

Sherwood railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Sherwood.

Contents

History

Sherwood station opened on 5 October 1874 as Oxley West as the interim terminus of the Main line from Ipswich. [1] It was extended to Oxley Point on 4 February 1875. [2] It was renamed to Sherwood in May 1878. [3]

The line through Indooroopilly was duplicated in June 1886. The station was rebuilt in 1960 as part of the quadruplication of the line. [4]

Services

Sherwood is served by Citytrain network services operating from Nambour, Caboolture, Kippa-Ring and Bowen Hills to Springfield Central, Ipswich and Rosewood. [5] [6]

Services by Platform

PlatformLinesDestinationsNotes
1 Ipswich & Rosewood Ipswich & Rosewood* [7]
Springfield Springfield Central [7]
2 Ipswich & Rosewood Bowen Hills, Caboolture & Nambour [8]
Springfield Bowen Hills, Doomben, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour Caboolture & Nambour services operate Weekday afternoons only.
1 Doomben service operate Monday to Thursday afternoon only [8]
3 Ipswich & Rosewood Ipswich & Rosewood*evening peak only [9]
4 Ipswich & Rosewood Bowen Hills, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour evening peak only [10]
Springfield Bowen Hills, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour evening peak only [10]

*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. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Opening of the Railway to Oxley". The Brisbane Courier . Vol. XXIX, no. 5, 306. Queensland, Australia. 6 October 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 20 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Sherwood". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "GENERAL EPITOME". The Week (Brisbane) . Vol. V, no. 124. Queensland, Australia. 11 May 1878. p. 21. Retrieved 20 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Graceville Railway Station (entry 602717)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink . 2 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Springfield Line timetable". Translink . 2 March 2020.
  7. 1 2 Sherwood Platform 1 Translink
  8. 1 2 Sherwood Platform 2 Translink
  9. ↑ Sherwood Platform 3 Translink
  10. 1 2 Sherwood Platform 4 Translink
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