Pimpama railway station is a planned railway station on the Gold Coast Line in

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, Australia. It will serve the

Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...

suburb of

Pimpama Pimpama is a northern suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Pimpama had a population of 9,396 people. The name is of Aboriginal origin. The suburb contains numerous schools with the first opening in the 1870s. A s ...

, and will be located between

Ormeau Ormeau may refer to: * Ormeau, Queensland, a town on the Gold Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia * Belfast Ormeau (UK Parliament constituency), 1918–1922 * Ormeau Road, a major road in Belfast, and the area around it * "Ormeau", a song by ...

and

Coomera Coomera is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coomera had a population of 13,305 people. Geography Located next to the Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads), ...

stations.

History

In November 2017, 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 fr ...

committed to building three new in-fill stations on the Gold Coast Line as part of the

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5.4 billion

Cross River Rail Cross River Rail is an underground railway project through central Brisbane, which is, , under construction. Cross River Rail will see the development of a new rail line underneath Brisbane River, and the redevelopment of a number of stations ...

project—Pimpama, Helensvale North and Merrimac. Pimpama station will be built to accommodate the rapidly growing population in the region, in order to alleviate the pressure on the nearby Ormeau and Coomera stations. The station is expected to cost up to $40 million to construct, and is planned to be open by 2024, in time for the commencement of services on the new Cross River Rail line. The planned location for Pimpama station is off the Old Pacific Highway, near the Pimpama City Shopping Centre. The station will be integrated with other modes of public transport, and is planned to feature connections with pedestrian and bicycle paths. The station concept design currently includes space for 330 car park bays. Early work and site preparation activities had begun by January 2023. 40,000 cubic metres of spoil will have to be excavated. ADCO Constructions will design and construct the station.

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{{Queensland Rail railway stations, Gold Coast=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Gold Coast City Proposed railway stations in Australia Pimpama, Queensland Railway stations scheduled to open in 2024