Pinkenba railway station was a railway station on the

Pinkenba railway line Pinkenba is a town and eastern coastal suburb within the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Pinkenba had a population of 368 people. Geography Pinkenba is a long narrow strip of land on the northern side of the Brisbane River, ...

in the suburb of

Pinkenba Pinkenba is a town and eastern coastal suburb within the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Pinkenba had a population of 368 people. Geography Pinkenba is a long narrow strip of land on the northern side of the Brisbane River ...

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, Australia. It was originally the terminus station of the Pinkenba Line, just from the

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and from

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by rail. It opened in 1897 and was rebuilt in 1969, with a new station closer to the township of Pinkenba. The first station became a shunters' quarters. The line closed to all passenger traffic in 1993.

History

The Pinkenba line opened 1 April 1897. During

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(1939 to 1945), troop camps were located at

and Meeandah because of deep berthing available to ships at Pinkenba, at the mouth of the

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. Passenger ships of the

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, later P&O, used the adjacent Pinkenba Wharf, and special trains ran from Brisbane to Pinkenba. On 29 August 1906, a contract was let for refreshment rooms to be constructed at Pinkenba station, at a cost of £318. They operated until the new Pinkenba station opened in 1969. In 1988, part of the line was electrified, but only as far as Eagle Farm station. Diesel-hauled trains operated an infrequent passenger services to Pinkenba. On 27 September 1993, all passenger services on the line were suspended by the Goss Labor government as part of a statewide rationalisation of the rail network, which involved the closing or suspension of services of under-utilised or unprofitable rail lines.

Current status

In 2005, the 1969 Pinkenba station area became a rubbish recycling site, with large amounts of dirt dumped over the terminus siding. The 1969 station building remained until 2016, although badly damaged and used as a dumping ground, and the track that connected the station to the Pinkenba Line was removed. By 2017, the building had been demolished.

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still owns the land. The original 1897 station building was removed to a GrainCorp site. Circa 2001, the station building was cut in half and removed, pending the redevelopment of the site. The right-hand section went to a private home in Shore Street East, in

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and the left-hand section was transferred by ferry to

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, and serves as the ticket office for Stradbroke Ferries.

Replacement bus service

The bus stop for the replacement

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bus service (303) is immediately adjacent to the site of the former Pinkenba station, in Eagle Farm Road.

References

{{Disused railway stations in Queensland Disused railway stations in Brisbane Railway stations in Australia opened in 1882 Railway stations closed in 1993 Pinkenba, Queensland

History

Current status

Replacement bus service

See also

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