Roma Street railway station

Roma Street
Westbound view in December 2012
Location	Roma Street, Brisbane
Coordinates	27°27′55″S 153°01′09″E / 27.4652°S 153.0191°E / -27.4652; 153.0191Coordinates: 27°27′55″S 153°01′09″E / 27.4652°S 153.0191°E / -27.4652; 153.0191
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	Queensland Rail
Line(s)	North Coast Main Line Gold Coast NSW North Coast
Distance	0.75 kilometres from Central
Platforms	9 (3 side, 3 islands)
Tracks	10
Connections	Roma Street busway station Brisbane Transit Centre
Construction
Structure type	Ground (Terraced)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	600037 (platform 2) 600033 (platform 3) 600036 (platform 4) 600034 (platform 5) 600030 (platform 6) 600028 (platform 7) 600029 (platform 8) 600038 (platform 9) 600035 (platform 10)
Fare zone	Go card 1
Website	Queensland Rail
History
Opened	14 June 1875
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Brisbane
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station Terminus Airport Line Central toward Domestic Terminal Central toward Bowen Hills Beenleigh Line South Brisbane toward Beenleigh Terminus Caboolture Line Central toward Caboolture Central toward Bowen Hills Cleveland Line South Brisbane toward Cleveland Terminus Doomben Line Central toward Doomben Exhibition One-way operation Exhibition Line Central One-way operation Terminus Ferny Grove Line Central toward Ferny Grove Central toward Bowen Hills Gold Coast Line South Brisbane toward Varsity Lakes Central toward Bowen Hills Ipswich & Rosewood Line Milton toward Rosewood Terminus Redcliffe Peninsula Line Central toward Kippa-Ring Terminus Shorncliffe Line Central toward Shorncliffe Central toward Bowen Hills Springfield Line Milton toward Springfield Central Terminus Sunshine Coast Line Central toward Nambour or Gympie North Long distance services Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station Terminus Spirit of Queensland Caboolture toward Cairns Electric Tilt Train Caboolture toward Rockhampton Spirit of the Outback Caboolture toward Longreach The Westlander Corinda toward Charleville Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Terminus NSW TrainLink North Coast Kyogle towards Sydney

Roma Street railway station is located in the Brisbane central business district, Queensland, Australia. It is the junction station for the North Coast, Main, Gold Coast and NSW North Coast lines.

Although not easily visible to the public, the original 1873 Roma Street railway station building still exists within the modern complex and is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.^[1]

History

The construction of a railway station on Roma Street was part of a plan to extend the Main Line to Brisbane. An iron station building designed by Sir Charles Fox & Sons was to be imported from the United Kingdom for this purpose, but economic problems in Queensland led to the order being cancelled. In 1873, the Superintendent of Public Buildings Francis Stanley designed a smaller station for the site, with construction beginning in the same year under John Petrie. The station was officially opened on 14 June 1875 as Brisbane at the same time that the Main Line opened to Indooroopilly.^[1]

A goods and carriage shed were added shortly after. In 1882, Roma Street became a junction station with the North Coast line opening to Sandgate.^[2] With the opening of Central station as Brisbane's principal station on 18 August 1889, the station was renamed Roma Street. As traffic grew, so did the Roma Street precinct with a locomotive shed added.^[1]

In 1911, the precinct was rearranged with the locomotive and carriage sheds relocated to Mayne near Bowen Hills. On 30 November 1940, Roma Street again became the principal station for long distance services with new platforms built to the south of the existing platforms.^[1][3]

Following the opening of the Merivale Bridge on 18 November 1978, Roma Street was also served by Beenleigh line services. on 21 June 1986, it became a dual gauge station with the extension of the standard gauge NSW North Coast line from South Brisbane.^[1][4] In October 1986, the Brisbane Transit Centre opened to the south of the station.

As part of the quadruplication of the North Coast line to Bowen Hills, the station was rebuilt. On 1 November 1995, a new Platform 10 was opened on the station's north side as the platform for long distance services, these services had previously used Platforms 2 and 3.^[5] Platforms 7, 8 and 9 opened on 11 June 1996^[6] while refurbished Platforms 4, 5 and 6 reopened in January 1997.^[7]

Platform 1 became part of the Roma Street busway station on 19 May 2008.^[8]

Several studies through the early 2000s, including by MJA architects and Bruce Buchanan, investigated the refurbishment of the original station building, which had fallen into serious disrepair. Eventually in 2012, Queensland Rail commissioned the architectural firm, Architectus to complete the design work of a rescue refurbishment of the external fabric. The work included a new slate tile roof to replace the asbestos sheeting. This matched the original roofing. Other work included dismantling of intrusive work of the mid 20th century and stripping on the paint from the brickwork exterior and a replacement pediment at the Western end. The Architectus work (builder Kane Constructions) restored the station building exterior to its former glory. Michael Kennedy was the heritage consultant for the project.

Services

Roma Street station is served by all suburban and interurban City network lines.^{[9][10][11][12][13][13][14][15][16][17][18]}

It is also the terminus station for long-distance Traveltrain services^{[19][20][21][22]} and NSW TrainLink's service to Sydney.^[23] A motorail loading dock is located on Platform 10.^[24]

Services by platform

Platform	Lines	Destinations	Notes
2	NSW TrainLink North Coast	Sydney	1 daily NSW TrainLink XPT service[23]
	Doomben	Doomben	1 weekday service[25]
3	Doomben	Doomben	[26]
	Gold Coast	Brisbane Airport Domestic & Varsity Lakes (on occasion)	[26]
4	Beenleigh	Beenleigh, Kuraby & Coopers Plains	[27]
	Gold Coast	Brisbane Airport Domestic	[27]
5	Beenleigh	Beenleigh	[28]
	Cleveland	Cleveland	[28]
6	Beenleigh	Beenleigh & Ferny Grove	[29]
	Doomben	Doomben	[29]
	Gold Coast	Brisbane Airport Domestic & Varsity Lakes	[29]
	Shorncliffe	Shorncliffe	[29]
7	Beenleigh	Ferny Grove	[30]
	Caboolture	Caboolture	[30]
	Doomben	Doomben	[30]
	Gold Coast	Brisbane Airport Domestic	[30]
	Shorncliffe	Shorncliffe	[30]
	Sunshine Coast	Gympie North	[30]
8	Ipswich & Rosewood	Ipswich & Rosewood	[31]
	Springfield	Springfield Central	[31]
9	Caboolture	Caboolture	[32]
	Redcliffe Peninsula	Kippa-Ring	[32]
	Sunshine Coast	Nambour and Gympie North	[32]
10	Traveltrain	Spirit of Queensland to and from Cairns	[19]
		Spirit of the Outback to and from Longreach	[20]
		Tilt Train to and from Bundaberg & Rockhampton	[21]
		The Westlander to and from Charleville	[22]

Transport links

Adjacent to the station lies the Roma Street busway station that is served by Brisbane Transport services and the Brisbane Transit Centre that is served by Crisps Coaches, Greyhound Australia, Murrays, NSW TrainLink and Premier Motor Service long-distance coach services.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roma Street railway station.

• Roma Street station Queensland Rail
• Roma Street station Queensland's Railways on the Internet