Ebbw Vale railway station, Ipswich

Ebbw Vale
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°E / -27.6034; 152.8221Coordinates: 27°36′12″S 152°49′20″E / 27.6034°S 152.8221°E / -27.6034; 152.8221
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
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
toward Bowen Hills
 Ipswich & Rosewood Line
toward Rosewood

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
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

  1. ↑ "Naming Railway Stations". The Brisbane Courier. 24 December 1910. p. 4.
  2. ↑ "Along the Ipswich Line. Ebbw Vale, Dinmore and Riverview". The Brisbane Courier. 12 May 1928. p. 13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Ipswich and Rosewood Line Timetable (Effective 24 July 2017)" (PDF).
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 1 2 "Caboolture Line Timetable (Effective 24 July 2017)" (PDF).
  7. 1 2 "Sunshine Coast Line Timetable (Effective 23 January 2017)" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Redcliffe Peninsula Timetable (Effective 23 January 2017)" (PDF).
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