Moorooka Railway Station
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Moorooka railway station is located on the
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 known a ...
in
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, Australia. It serves the
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suburb of
Moorooka Moorooka is a southern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Moorooka had a population of 10,368 people. Geography Moorooka is by road south of Brisbane's central business district. ...
. The station opened in 1887. To the west of the station lies the
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dual gauge In railway engineering, "gauge" is the transverse distance between the inner surfaces of the heads of two rails, which for the vast majority of railway lines is the number of rails in place. However, it is sometimes necessary for track to c ...
line primarily used by
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,
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XPT and freight services, and the Clapham freight yard. In 1996, as part of the construction of the Gold Coast line, the standard gauge line was converted to
dual gauge In railway engineering, "gauge" is the transverse distance between the inner surfaces of the heads of two rails, which for the vast majority of railway lines is the number of rails in place. However, it is sometimes necessary for track to c ...
. Moorooka passenger station is opposite the Clapham goods railway station.


Services

Moorooka station is served by all stops
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 known a ...
services from
Beenleigh Beenleigh is a town and suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Beenleigh had a population of 8,252 people. A government survey for the new town was conducted in 1866. The town is the terminus for the Beenlei ...
,
Kuraby Kuraby is an outer southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kuraby had a population of 8,108 people. Geography Kuraby is situated approximately by road south-east of the city of Brisbane. Beenleigh Road is t ...
and
Coopers Plains Coopers Plains is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coopers Plains had a population of 5,483 people. Geography Coopers Plains is south-west of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is home to the Queen Eliz ...
to
Bowen Hills Bowen Hills is an inner north-eastern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the Bowen Hills had a population of 3,226 people. Geography Bowen Hills is by road from the Brisbane CBD. Mayne is a neighbourhood within the sou ...
and Ferny Grove.


Services by platform


Diagram


Moorooka station and Clapham goods


References


External links

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Moorooka station
Queensland's Railways on the Internet *
Moorooka station Moorooka is a southern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Moorooka had a population of 10,368 people. Geography Moorooka is by road south of Brisbane's central business district. ...
Translink travel information Railway stations in Brisbane Railway stations in Australia opened in 1887 Moorooka, Queensland {{Queensland-railstation-stub