Kuraby 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
Queensland
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, Australia. It serves the
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
suburb of
Kuraby. Kuraby is the final station 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 the
City of Brisbane
The City of Brisbane is a local government area (LGA) which comprises the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Its governing body is the Brisbane City Council. Unlike LGAs in the other mainl ...
, with the next station,
Trinder Park, located in
Logan City
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 ...
.
History
Kuraby station opened in 1885 as Spring Creek being renamed Kuraby in 1889. In 1998 work commenced on a third platform to allow
Gold Coast line services to overtake
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.
In 2008, an upgrade of the station was completed as part of the
Salisbury
Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath.
Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...
to Kuraby triplication project. The upgrade included a new
footbridge
A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...
with lifts.
Services
Kuraby 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 Beenl ...
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. Two evening peak hours trains
services
Service may refer to:
Activities
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* Civil service, the body of employees of a government
* Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...
from Brisbane terminate at Kuraby. While Kuraby has two services that begin in the morning peak hour and run into Bowen Hills
Services by platform
References
External links
*
Kuraby stationQueensland's Railways on the Internet
*
Kuraby stationTransLink travel information
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Railway stations in Brisbane
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1885