The Ferny Grove railway line is a

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, the state capital of

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. It is part of the

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Grovely Railway Station, Queensland, July 2012

History

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Based on initial surveys, in 1885 the

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planned to construct a railway line to Samford with the intention of extending it to

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. However, no immediate action was taken and further surveys resulted in the decision to construct the line to Gympie via the Mayne railway station (

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) which created the North Coast railway line. The relocation of Brisbane's cattle sales yard from Normanby to Newmarket created a need to provide a railway to Newmarket. With financial guarantees provided by the

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and the

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, the Queensland Railways built a branch line from Mayne railway station (

) to Newmarket railway station to service the cattle yards and beyond to

Enoggera railway station Enoggera railway station is located on the Ferny Grove line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Enoggera. History Enogerra was the original terminus when the line opened in 1899. The line was progressively extended to ...

for suburban passenger services. This line opened on 5 February 1899. The suburban service to Enoggera was not very profitable and the Queensland Government resisted any efforts to extend the Brisbane tramway services to Enoggera to avoid further competition. With the financial assistance of the Australian Defence Department, the line was extended to Rifle Range railway station (now called

Gaythorne railway station Gaythorne railway station is located on the Ferny Grove line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Gaythorne. History The station was built in 1916 and originally named Rifle Range Station. It was built as an extension of ...

) on 16 February 1916. The line was extended to

Mitchelton railway station Mitchelton railway station is located on the Ferny Grove line in Queensland, Australia. It is one of two railway stations serving the Brisbane suburb of Mitchelton, the other being Oxford Park railway station. History The station opened in ...

on 2 March 1918. The line was extended to Samford railway station on 1 July 1918, to Samsonvale railway station (3 March 1919), to Kobble railway station (3 November 1919) and finally to

Dayboro railway station Dayboro is a rural town and locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dayboro had a population of 2,119 people. Geography Dayboro Main Street 002 The additional traffic on the line led to its duplication to Newmarket in 1921. The sales yards were moved to Cannon Hill in 1931. On 5 May 1947, a packed excursion train derailed at Camp Mountain, after

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

, in what is Queensland's worst rail tragedy, the

Camp Mountain train disaster The Camp Mountain rail accident occurred at approximately 9:48am on 5 May 1947 when a crowded picnic train derailed on a sharp left-hand curve between Ferny Grove and Camp Mountain stations on the now-closed Dayboro railway line, approxima ...

. The line was duplicated to

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in 1953, and the first automatic

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boom gates in Queensland were installed at Wilston Road, Newmarket in 1954. The line was closed beyond Ferny Grove in 1955 after the freight traffic was lost to road transport. Ferny Grove was initially known as Ferny Flats, but the railway department changed the name of the railway station because of a Ferny Flats in

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; the surrounding area followed suit.

2008–2012 upgrades

Between 2008 and 2012 the remaining single track section between Mitchelton and Ferny Grove was duplicated, including an upgraded Ferny Grove station, an additional 1000 car parking spaces and construction of a new bus interchange.

Line guide, frequency and services

Typical service frequency on the Ferny Grove Line is four trains per hour (every 15 minutes) on weekdays and two trains per hour (every 30 minutes) at night and on weekends, increasing to 8 trains per hour (every 7.5 minutes) during weekday peak times for faster travel times for commuters working in the

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. Most services stop at all stations to

Roma Street railway station Roma Street railway station is located in the Brisbane central business district, Queensland, Australia. It is the junction station for the North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast, Main Line railway, Main, Gold Coast railway line, Go ...

. The typical travel time between Ferny Grove and Brisbane City is approximately 31 minutes (to

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). Ferny Grove line services typically continue as

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services. Passengers for and from the

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Caboolture Caboolture () is a town and suburb in Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Caboolture had a population of 26,433 people. It is located on the north side of the Caboolture River, which separates the town from Morayfi ...

, Doomben, Nambour and Gympie North and Shorncliffe lines change at Bowen Hills, and all other lines at Roma Street.

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