Runcorn railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. It is one of two stations serving the

Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...

suburb of

Runcorn Runcorn is an industrial town and Runcorn Docks, cargo port in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. Runcorn is on the south bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. It is upstream from the port of Live ...

, the other being Fruitgrove. This one is located on the suburb's eastern boundary.

History

It opened in 1885 as part of the South Coast railway line. In 2008, an upgrade of the station was completed as part of the

Salisbury Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wi ...

to Kuraby triplication project. This included converting the eastern platform to an island, and a new footbridge with lifts.

Services

Runcorn is served by all stops Beenleigh line 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 8,425 people. A government survey for the new town was conducted in 1866. The town is the terminus for the Beenle ...

and Kuraby to

Bowen Hills Bowen Hills is an inner north-eastern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bowen Hills had a population of 4,898 people. Geography Bowen Hills is by road from the Brisbane centr ...

and Ferny Grove.

Services by platform

References

External links

*
Runcorn station
Queensland's Railways on the Internet *

Runcorn station Runcorn railway station is in the industrial town of Runcorn in Cheshire, north-west England. The station lies on the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line/ Crewe-Liverpool Lime Street line via Runcorn and Liverpool South Parkway betwee ...

Translink travel information {{Queensland Rail railway stations, Beenleigh=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Brisbane Railway stations in Australia opened in 1885