Ferny Grove railway station

Ferny Grove railway station is the terminus station of the Ferny Grove line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Ferny Grove.

Ferny Grove
Station front in October 2012
LocationConavalla Street, Ferny Grove
Coordinates27.4017°S 152.9356°E / -27.4017; 152.9356 (Ferny Grove railway station, Brisbane)
Owned byQueensland Rail
Operated byCity network
Line(s)Ferny Grove
Distance16.08 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking539 bays
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code600389 (platform 1)
600390 (platform 2)
Fare zonego card 2
WebsiteQueensland Rail
History
Opened29 June 1918 (1918-06-29)[1]
Closed2008
Rebuilt2012
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
toward Roma Street
Ferny Grove LineTerminus

The Brisbane Tramway Museum is a short walk south of the station.

History

The station opened in 1918 as part of the extension to Samford.[1]

The line formerly extended to Dayboro, but was cut back to Ferny Grove in 1955, as part of a larger rationalisation by the Queensland Government of its railway lines. The line now terminates here with bus services running to Samford during peak times.[2][3]

The station was upgraded in 2012 as part of the Keperra-Ferny Grove duplication project. The upgrade included relocating the platform, a new station building and car park.[4]

Camp Mountain rail accident

The Camp Mountain rail accident occurred in 1947 west of Ferny Grove on the Dayboro stretch of the line. It is Queensland's worst railway accident. 16 people were killed when a picnic excursion train failed to negotiate a bend on the line between Camp Mountain and Samford. A small memorial marks the site of the accident.[5]

Services

Ferny Grove is the terminus for all stops services to and from Roma Street, Park Road, Coopers Plains and Beenleigh[6]

Services by platform
Platform Line Destinations Notes
1 Ferny Grove Roma Street, Park Road, Coopers Plains & Beenleigh [7]
2 Ferny Grove Roma Street, Park Road, Coopers Plains & Beenleigh [8]

Brisbane Transport operate three routes from Ferny Grove station:

Brisbane Bus Lines operate one route from Ferny Grove station:

  • 399 to Samford Village[12]

References
  1. "Samford Railway". The Telegraph (Brisbane). Queensland, Australia. 1 July 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 16 February 2020 – via Trove.
  2. "The Enoggera Railway". The Brisbane Courier. 6 February 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Publications 1990
  4. Annastacia Palaszczuk (28 October 2011). "Station and car park construction ramps up at Ferny Grove" (Press release). Queensland Rail. Minister for Transport. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. Condon, Matthew (15 June 2007). "Samford Valley train crash". Qweekend. The Courier-Mail.
  6. "Ferny Grove Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
  7. Ferny Grove Platform 1 TransLink
  8. Ferny Grove Platform 2 TransLink
  9. "Route 367 timetable". TransLink.
  10. "Route 397 timetable". TransLink.
  11. "Route 398 timetable". TransLink.
  12. "Route 399 timetable". TransLink.
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