Sherwood railway station, Brisbane

Sherwood railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Sherwood.

Sherwood
Southbound view from Platform 3 in August 2012
LocationHonour Avenue, Sherwood
Coordinates27°31′52″S 152°58′46″E
Owned byQueensland Rail
Operated byCity network
Line(s)Main
Distance10.69 kilometres from Central
Platforms4 (2 island)
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code600309 (platform 1)
600310 (platform 2)
600311 (platform 3)
600312 (platform 4)
Fare zonego card 2
WebsiteQueensland Rail
History
Opened5 October 1874
Rebuilt1960
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
toward Bowen Hills
 Ipswich & Rosewood Line
toward Rosewood
toward Bowen Hills
Springfield Line

History

Sherwood station opened on 5 October 1874 as Oxley West as the interim terminus of the Main line from Ipswich. It was extended to Oxley Point on 4 February 1875.[1] It was renamed to Sherwood in May 1878.[2]

The line through Indooroopilly was duplicated in June 1886. The station was rebuilt in 1960 as part of the quadruplication of the line.[3]

Services

Sherwood is served by City network services operating from Nambour, Caboolture, Kippa-Ring and Bowen Hills to Springfield Central, Ipswich and Rosewood.[4][5]

Services by Platform
Platform Lines Destinations Notes
1 Ipswich & Rosewood Ipswich & Rosewood* [6]
Springfield Springfield Central [6]
2 Ipswich & Rosewood Bowen Hills, Caboolture & Nambour [7]
Springfield Bowen Hills, Doomben, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour Caboolture & Nambour services operate Weekday afternoons only.
1 Doomben service operate Mon-Thur afternoon only[7]
3 Ipswich & Rosewood Ipswich & Rosewood* evening peak only[8]
4 Ipswich & Rosewood Bowen Hills, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour evening peak only[9]
Springfield Bowen Hills, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour evening peak only[9]

*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.[4]

References
  1. "Sherwood". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. "Sherwood (late Oxley West),". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 4 May 1878. p. 6. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via Trove.
  3. "Graceville Railway Station (entry 602717)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
  5. "Springfield Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
  6. Sherwood Platform 1 TransLink
  7. Sherwood Platform 2 TransLink
  8. Sherwood Platform 3 TransLink
  9. Sherwood Platform 4 TransLink
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