Petrie railway station

Petrie railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the suburb of Petrie in the City of Moreton Bay.^[1] It opened as North Pine railway station in 1888 after the nearby North Pine River and was renamed Petrie railway station (after local pioneer Thomas Petrie) in 1911.^[1][2]

Petrie
Northbound view from Platform 1 in May 2012
General information
Location	Station Street, Petrie
Coordinates	27.2679°S 152.9818°E / -27.2679; 152.9818
Elevation	9 metres
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	Queensland Rail
Line(s)	North Coast Redcliffe Peninsula
Distance	27.49 kilometres from Central
Platforms	5 (1 side, 2 island)
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	600464 (platform 1) 600465 (platform 2) 600466 (platform 3) 600627 (platform 4) 600645 (platform 5)
Fare zone	go card 3
Website	Queensland Rail
History
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	North Pine
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Following station Northgate towards Roma Street Caboolture Line Dakabin towards Caboolture Lawnton towards Roma Street Redcliffe Peninsula Line Kallangur towards Kippa-Ring Northgate towards Roma Street Sunshine Coast Line Dakabin towards Nambour Sunshine Coast Line Gympie North service Caboolture towards Gympie North

The station has five platforms. As part of the Redcliffe Peninsula line, the station was expanded with a new island platform built east of the existing platforms.^[3][4] It opened along with the rest of the line on 4 October 2016.^[5] As part of the project, a third track was added south of the station to Lawnton.^[6] North of the station, the Redcliffe Peninsula line branches off.

Services

Petrie is served by all City network services from Gympie North, Nambour, Caboolture & Kippa-Ring to Brisbane, many continuing to Ipswich, Rosewood and Springfield Central.^{[7][8] [9]}

Services by platform

Platform	Lines	Destinations	Notes
1		Used as bypass track for northbound express services	[10]
2	Caboolture	Caboolture	[11]
	Sunshine Coast	Nambour & Gympie North	[11]
3	Redcliffe Peninsula	Kippa-Ring	[12]
4	Caboolture	Roma Street, Springfield Central, Ipswich & Rosewood	[13]
	Sunshine Coast	Roma Street, Springfield Central & Ipswich	[13]
5	Redcliffe Peninsula	Roma Street, Springfield Central & Ipswich	[14]

v t e Petrie station track layout
Anzac Avenue Gympie Road North Pine River Leis Parade

Transport links

Prior to the October 2016 opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula line, Petrie station was served by 10 bus routes connecting it to nearby suburbs, but after the opening only two remain.

A trackplan of Petrie station.

Hornibrook Bus Lines operate two bus routes via Petrie station:

• 680: Redcliffe to Westfield Chermside^[15]
• 686: to Frenchs Forest^[16]

References

1. "Petrie – railway station in Moreton Bay Region (entry 45463)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
2. Slaughter, Leslie E (1959), Redcliffe's 160 years, Redcliffe Town Council, p. 43
3. Moreton Bay Rail Link Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine Railway Technology
4. "Non-Express Delivery: The Moreton Bay Rail Link" Railway Digest October 2013 page 26
5. Redcliffe Peninsula Line opens in Brisbane Archived 21 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Railway Gazette International 4 October 2016
6. Lawnton to Petrie upgrade project Archived 27 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport & Main Roads
7. "Redcliffe Peninsula Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
8. "Caboolture Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
9. "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
10. "Petrie Platform 1". TransLink.
11. "Petrie Platform 2". TransLink. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
12. "Petrie Platform 3". TransLink. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
13. "Petrie Platform 4". TransLink. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
14. "Petrie Platform 5". TransLink. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
15. "Route 680 timetable". Translink.
16. "Route 686 timetable". Translink.

External links

• Media related to Petrie railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Petrie station Queensland Rail
• Petrie station Queensland's Railways on the Internet