Ascot railway station is located on the Pinkenba line in

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, Australia. It serves the

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suburb of Ascot adjacent to

Eagle Farm Racecourse Eagle Farm Racecourse is a heritage-listed horse racing venue in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located at the northern end of Racecourse Road in the suburb of Ascot, from the Brisbane central business district. The turf track is wid ...

History

Ascot station opened on 3 September 1882 as Hendra Siding coinciding with that of the

Pinkenba railway line Pinkenba is a town and eastern coastal suburb within the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Pinkenba had a population of 368 people. Geography Pinkenba is a long narrow strip of land on the northern side of the Brisbane River, ...

. It was later renamed Racecourse and eventually renamed as Ascot. The line was electrified on 6 February 1988. All passenger services on the line were suspended on 27 September 1993 as part of a statewide rationalisation of the rail network with the closing or suspending of under-utilised or unprofitable rail lines. Trains continued to serve Ascot when major race events were held. Passenger services resumed on 27 January 1998, but only as far as Doomben with bus connections to the other abandoned stations.

Heritage listing

A combined entry for

Eagle Farm Racecourse and Ascot Railway Station Eagle Farm Racecourse and Ascot Railway station is a heritage-listed pair of racecourse and railway station at 230 Lancaster Road, Ascot, Queensland, Ascot, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1863 onwards. The racecourse ...

was listed in the

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in 2004.

Services

Ascot station is served by all stops Doomben line services from Doomben to Roma Street, Park Road and

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Services by platform

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