Ebbw Vale railway station, Ipswich
Ebbw Vale | |||||||||||
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South-west bound view from Platform 2 in September 2012 | |||||||||||
Location | Brisbane Road, Ebbw Vale | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°36′12″S 152°49′20″E / 27.6034°S 152.8221°ECoordinates: 27°36′12″S 152°49′20″E / 27.6034°S 152.8221°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
Operated by | City network | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Main | ||||||||||
Distance | 32.23 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Parking | 72 bays | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code |
600339 (platform 1) 600340 (platform 2) | ||||||||||
Fare zone | go card 3 | ||||||||||
Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Previous names |
St Helens Ebbwvale Ebbw-vale | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Ebbw Vale railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the suburb of Ebbw Vale in the City of Ipswich. It opened as St Helens, being renamed Ebbwvale in 1910.[1] The name was hyphenated to Ebbw-vale and officially called Ebbw Vale by 1928.[2]
Services
Ebbw Vale 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 and one Friday morning service continuing to Brisbane Airport Domestic.[3] Some afternoon inbound services on weekdays run to Kippa-Ring.[3] Ebbw Vale is nine minutes from Ipswich and 49 minutes on an all-stops train from Central.[3]
Services by platform
Platform | Line | Destinations | Express | Notes |
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1 | Ipswich and Rosewood | Ipswich and Rosewood* | All outbound services stop or terminate at Ipswich.[3][4] | |
2 | Ipswich and Rosewood | Bowen Hills | Darra to Milton, stopping at Indooroopilly[3] | Weekday mornings only[3][5] |
Brisbane Airport Domestic | Darra to Milton, stopping at Indooroopilly[3] | One Friday morning service only[3] | ||
Caboolture and Nambour | Weekdays: Darra to Milton, stopping at Indooroopilly (Weekday mornings only) and express from Bowen Hills to Petrie, stopping at Eagle Junction and Northgate[6][7][5] | |||
Weekends: Northgate to Petrie[6][7][5] | ||||
Doomben | Darra to Milton, stopping at Indooroopilly[3] | One Monday to Thursday afternoon service only[5] | ||
Kippa-Ring | Bowen Hills to Northgate stopping only at Eagle Junction[8] | Weekday afternoons only[3][5] |
*Note: One weekday morning service (4:56am from Central) and selected afternoon peak services continue through to Rosewood. At all other times, a change of train is required at Ipswich.[3]
References
- ↑ "Naming Railway Stations". The Brisbane Courier. 24 December 1910. p. 4.
- ↑ "Along the Ipswich Line. Ebbw Vale, Dinmore and Riverview". The Brisbane Courier. 12 May 1928. p. 13.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Ipswich and Rosewood Line Timetable (Effective 24 July 2017)" (PDF).
- ↑ Roads, TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main. "Ebbw Vale station, platform 1 | TransLink". TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Roads, TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main. "Ebbw Vale station, platform 2 | TransLink". TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- 1 2 "Caboolture Line Timetable (Effective 24 July 2017)" (PDF).
- 1 2 "Sunshine Coast Line Timetable (Effective 23 January 2017)" (PDF).
- ↑ "Redcliffe Peninsula Timetable (Effective 23 January 2017)" (PDF).
External links
Media related to Ebbw Vale railway station at Wikimedia Commons - Ebbw Vale station Queensland Rail
- Ebbw Vale station Queensland's Railways on the Internet