Ipswich railway station is located on the Main line in

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, Australia. It serves the urban centre of

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History

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 Main line from

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.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

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

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. The now-closed

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split from the Main Line railway at Ipswich. 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

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and

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, 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 Petrie to Kippa-Ring 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 Charleville.

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

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

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*502: Bundamba 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 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

References

External links

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