Wulkuraka | |||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Grace Street, Wulkuraka | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°36′49″S152°43′58″E / 27.6135°S 152.7328°E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 41.57 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
Parking | 20 bays | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||||||
Station code | 600353 (platform 1) 600354 (platform 2) | ||||||||||||||
Fare zone | go card 3 | ||||||||||||||
Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1993, 2015 | ||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Previous names | Brisbane Valley Junction | ||||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||||
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Wulkuraka railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Ipswich suburb of Wulkuraka.
Wulkuraka station opened as Brisbane Valley Junction in the 1880s, being the junction station for the Brisbane Valley railway line from 1884 until 1989. It was renamed Wulkuraka in 1905. [1] [2] The station has undergone an extensive refurbishment in conjunction with the construction of the New Generation Rollingstock depot, west of the station. [3]
The Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge is a heritage-listed truss bridge built in 1902 to the east of Wulkuraka station across the Bremer River. [1] [4]
A maintenance depot for the New Generation Rollingstock trains lies west of the station. [5] [6] [7]
Wulkuraka is served by Citytrain network services from Rosewood to Ipswich. Most services terminate at Ipswich although some peak-hour services continue to Bowen Hills and Caboolture. [8]
Platform | Line | Destinations | Notes |
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1 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Rosewood | [9] |
2 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Ipswich | [10] |
Bowen Hills, Caboolture & Nambour | Morning peak only [10] | ||
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