Ipswich railway station is located on the

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, Australia. It serves the urban centre of

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...

History

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The first railway station opened in Ipswich in 1865. It was the first railway station built in

, as the first terminus for the 34 kilometre section of the

from Grandchester.Ipswich History Time Line
City of Ipswich In 1887, the station was completely rebuilt. Two pieces of associated historic railway infrastructure are the: * Railway Signal Cabin and Turntable which enabled trains to be turned onto different railway lines * Bremer River Rail Bridge which connected the station to the

North Ipswich Railway Workshops North Ipswich Railway Workshops is a heritage-listed former Australian railway workshop at North Street, North Ipswich, Queensland. It was built from 1878 to 1980s. It is also known as the Workshops Rail Museum. It was added to the Queensland He ...

The cabin, turnable, rail bridge and railway workshops are all listed on the

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. In 1978, a large office and retail complex (currently known as Ipswich Central Plaza) was built above the station and spanning both sides of Bell Street following the sale of the

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. On 20 September 1980, the line was

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from Darra. The last remaining old platform and buildings were demolished in 1985.

Services

Ipswich is served mainly by trains to and from Caboolture and

Nambour Nambour is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 11,187 people. Geography Nambour is north of the state capital, Brisbane. The town lies in the sub ...

, and is the terminus for the

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shuttles. Some inbound services originate from Rosewood in the morning on-peak, and some outbound services continue to Rosewood in the afternoon peak. The Caboolture and Nambour trains outside of peak times typically stop all stations to Bowen Hills, then run express from Bowen Hills to Petrie, stopping only at Eagle Junction and Northgate. During weekday morning on-peak times, the trains also run express from Darra to Milton, stopping only at Indooroopilly. Some weekday services continue past

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Kippa-Ring Kippa-Ring is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kippa-Ring had a population of 9,790 people. Geography Kippa-Ring is located in the centre of the Redcliffe Peninsula, by road west of Redcliffe and by road ...

instead of Caboolture or Nambour. During morning on-peak times (6:00 am – 8:30 am, Monday to Friday), city bound services depart every six minutes at best, and during afternoon peak times (3:30 pm – 7:00 pm, Monday to Friday), terminating services arrive every 12 minutes at best. During off-peak times, Caboolture and Nambour services depart and arrive at half hourly intervals, with every second train being met by a Rosewood shuttle train. Weekday morning on-peak express services take 50 minutes to reach Central, and 58 minutes to reach Central on an off-peak all-stations service. Ipswich is also served by Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly '' Westlander'' service travelling between

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and

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Services by platform

The station has two island platforms. One (Platforms 3 and 4) is usually only used during peak periods.

Services by platform

Transport links

Westside Bus Company Westside Bus Company is an Australian operator of bus services in the western suburbs of Brisbane. It operates 16 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the Translink banner. History In 1998, the Pulitano Group purchased ...

operates nine routes from the Bell Street bus station, directly adjacent to Ipswich station: *500:

Riverlink Shopping Centre Riverlink Shopping Centre is a mall located in the northern area of the CBD of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Stage One (Riverlink West) was opened on 5 April 2007, whereas Stage 2 (Riverlink East) opened on 31 May 2007. Under development Aft ...

Goodna Goodna is a suburb on the eastern edge of the City of Ipswich in Queensland, Australia. In the , Goodna had a population of 10,461 people. Geography Goodna is from the Brisbane central business district, being just outside the Brisbane City ...

*502:

Bundamba Bundamba is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the Bundamba had a population of 6,514 people. Geography The Bremer River forms the western part of the suburb's northern boundary. The Warrego Highway enter ...

to Riverlink Shopping Centre via Blackstone *503: Bundamba to Riverlink Shopping Centre via Eastern Heights *506: Riverlink Shopping Centre to Leichardt & One Mile *509:

Yamanto Yamanto is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 Australian census the suburb recorded a population of 4,906. History The origin of the suburb is from a former 1860s cotton plantation which was orig ...

to Riverlink Shopping Centre *512: Brassall to Riverlink Shopping Centre *514: Moores Pocket to Booval *515: Brassall to Yamanto & Willowbank *529: to Toogoolawah via

Lowood Lowood is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Lowood had a population of 4,159 people. Geography The town is on the Brisbane River, west of the ...

References

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Ipswich station Ipswich railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the town of Ipswich, Suffolk. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and, on the main line, it is situated between to the south and to the no ...

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