Beenleigh 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 ...

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, Australia. It is one of two stations serving the suburb of

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 Beenl ...

City of Logan Logan City is a local government area situated within the south of the Brisbane metropolitan area in South East Queensland, Australia. Situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and the City of Gold Coast to the south, the City also bor ...

, the other being Holmview.

History

Beenleigh station opened in 1885 at its original location at the same time as the opening of the line. It served as the terminus of the line until the

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opened to

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on 25 January 1889. It became the terminus of the line again when the South Coast line closed on 30 June 1964. The station was reopened at its current location on 12 March 1988 in time for

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. The original 1885 station building was relocated to the

Beenleigh Historical Village The Beenleigh Historical Village and Museum is an open-air museum at Main Street, Beenleigh, City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. It preserves twenty buildings from Beenleigh's past which contain many collections related to the history of this ...

. On 25 February 1996, the line was again extended south when the Gold Coast line opened to

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. During the 2013/14 financial year, the station was rated as the worst for

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with 1,048 tickets dispensed. South of the station lies a

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stabling yard. It is worth noting that the station access is prone to flooding during severe weather events as its only commuter access is via the underpass. Flooding warning signs are posted in the nearby parking areas
Queensland Rail Twitter shows significant high flood levels from the March 2017 Floods.

Services

Beenleigh is the terminus for all stops Beenleigh railway line, Beenleigh line
services to and from Bowen Hills railway station, Bowen Hills and Ferny Grove railway station, Ferny Grove. It is also served by limited stops Gold Coast line services from Varsity Lakes to Bowen Hills, Doomben and Brisbane Airport Domestic.

Services by platform

Transport links

Logan City Bus Service Clarks Logan City Bus Service is an Australian operator of bus services in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It operates 28 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the TransLink banner. In 2008, Graham Davis became the CE ...

operate six routes via Beenleigh station: *553: to Trinder Park *562: to

Loganholme Loganholme is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Loganholme had a population of 6,303 people. The majority of the land is used for houses while it has range of other uses. Geography The suburb is bisected by the Pa ...

*563: Loganholme to Bethania *565:

Windaroo Windaroo is a residential suburb in the outer southern areas of the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Windaroo had a population of 2,827 people. Geography The suburb is bounded to the north by Windaroo Creek, to the east by the A ...

to Loganholme *566: Windaroo to Brisbane City *567: to Holmview

Surfside Buslines Surfside Buslines was an Australian bus operator on the Gold Coast in Queensland. It operated 56 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the TransLink banner. It also operates nine services in the adjoining Tweed Valley ...

operate two routes from Beenleigh station: *728: to Ormeau station via Yatala *729: to Ormeau station via Ormeau Hills

References

External links

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Queensland's Railways on the Internet * Beenleigh stationTransLink travel information {{Queensland Rail railway stations, Beenleigh=y, Gold Coast=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Logan City Railway stations in Australia opened in 1885 Beenleigh, Queensland