The Ferny Grove railway line is a
suburban
railway line
Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term ''railroad'' and the international term ''railway'' (used by the International Union of Railways and English-speaking countries outside the United Sta ...
in
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
, the state capital of
Queensland
)
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,
Australia. It is part of the
Queensland Rail City network
The Queensland Rail Citytrain network, provides urban, suburban and interurban electric passenger railway services in South East Queensland, Australia.
History
The first railway in Queensland did not run to Brisbane, but ran from Ipswich t ...
.
History
Based on initial surveys, in 1885 the
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended f ...
planned to construct a railway line to
Samford with the intention of extending it to
Gympie
Gympie ( ) is a city and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wide Bay-Burnett District, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River, which floods Gympie occasionally. T ...
. However, no immediate action was taken and further surveys resulted in the decision to construct the line to Gympie via the
Mayne railway station (
Bowen Hills) 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
Windsor Shire Council and the
Enoggera Divisional Board, the Queensland Railways built a branch line from
Mayne railway station (
Bowen Hills) to Newmarket railway station to service the cattle yards and beyond to
Enoggera railway station 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) on 16 February 1916.
The line was extended to
Mitchelton railway station on 2 March 1918. The line was extended to
Samford railway station
Samford railway station was a railway station in Samford, Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It was located to the west of Station Street within the present-day John Scott Park.
History
The station opened in 1918 as the terminus of ...
on 1 July 1918, to
Samsonvale railway station
Samsonvale is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Samsonvale had a population of 590 people.
Geography
The district is dominated by Lake Samsonvale, the waters of North Pine Dam, one of the three main wa ...
(3 March 1919), to
Kobble railway station
Kobble Creek is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kobble Creek had a population of 632 people.
Geography
Kobble Creek is situated along Mount Samson Road to the south of Dayboro, approximately northw ...
(3 November 1919) and finally to
Dayboro railway station on 25 September 1920.
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 opene ...
, in what is Queensland's worst rail tragedy, the
Camp Mountain train disaster.
The line was duplicated to
Mitchelton in 1953, and the first automatic
level crossing
A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass
An overpass (called ...
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
New South Wales
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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
Brisbane central business district
Brisbane City is the central suburb and central business district of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is colloquially referred to as the "Brisbane CBD" or "the city". It is located on a point on the northern bank of the ...
. 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
Central).
Ferny Grove line services typically continue as
Beenleigh line
The Beenleigh railway line is a suburban railway line extending east-southeast from Brisbane Central railway station, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network.
History
Originally know ...
services.
Passengers for and from the
Airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
,
Caboolture,
Doomben,
Nambour and Gympie North and
Shorncliffe lines change at Bowen Hills, and all other lines at Roma Street.
References
External links
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3 ft 6 in gauge railways in Australia