Rosewood railway station
Rosewood railway station is located on the Main line railway in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Rosewood.
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Rosewood station in May 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Railway Street, Rosewood | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°38′35″S 152°35′33″E / 27.6430°S 152.5926°ECoordinates: 27°38′35″S 152°35′33″E / 27.6430°S 152.5926°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | City network | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 56.97 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 33 bays | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600362 (platform 1) 600363 (platform 2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | go card 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1865 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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History
The now-closed Marburg branch railway line split from the Main Line railway at Rosewood.[1]
Services
Rosewood is the western terminus of the electrified Brisbane City network. It is the terminus for all services to/from Ipswich, with some peak-hour services continuing to Bowen Hills and Caboolture.[2]
Rosewood is served by Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander travelling between Brisbane and Charleville.[3]
Services by platform
| Platform | Line | Destinations | Notes |
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| 1 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Bowen Hills, Caboolture & Nambour | Morning peak only[4] |
| Ipswich | [4] | ||
| 2 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Kippa-Ring | Afternoon peak only[5] |
| Queensland Rail Travel | Brisbane Roma Street & Charleville | [3] |
Transport Links
Bus Queensland Lockyer Valley operate one route to and from Rosewood station:
This route was once serviced by McCafferty's Express Coaches (now operating under the auspices of Greyhound Australia) which continued onto Toowoomba where it connected with the rail motor service from Toowoomba to Roma which operated until 1993.
References
- ^ "The Marburg Branch : a brief history of a 20th century branch line and other lines of the Walloon coalfields". ARHS NSW. from the original on 3 April 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Westlander & Inlander timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 19 September 2020.
- ^ a b Rosewood Platform 1 TransLink
- ^ Rosewood Platform 2 TransLink
- ^ "Route 539 timetable". Translink.
External links
- Rosewood station Queensland Rail
- Queensland's Railways on the Internet
- Rosewood station TransLink travel information