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Doomben railway station is the terminal station of the Doomben line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Ascot adjacent to Doomben Racecourse.
Doomben | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Westbound view from Platform 1 in July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Lamington Avenue, Ascot | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°25′53″S 153°04′31″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Pinkenba | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 9.90 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 6 bays | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600435 (platform 1) 600436 (platform 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | go card 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Whinstanes-Doomben | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Pinkenba line opened on 1 April 1897 to Pinkenba. A station for Doomben Racecourse was opened in 1909[1] alongside the Nudgee Road level crossing, and in 1976 a new station named Whinstanes-Doomben opened slightly farther east; Whinstanes was the name of the industrial branch line that crosses Kingsford Smith Drive to the Hamilton Cold Stores. The original Doomben station was closed.
The new station was renamed Doomben when the line was electrified on 6 February 1988. All passenger services on the line were suspended on 27 September 1993 as part of a statewide rationalisation of the rail network with the closing or suspending of under-utilised or unprofitable rail lines. Trains continued to serve Doomben when major race events were held.
Passenger services resumed on 27 January 1998, with Doomben becoming the terminal station with bus connections to the other abandoned stations.[2]
Doomben is the terminus for all stops services to and from Roma Street, Park Road and Cleveland.[3]
Transport for Brisbane operate two bus routes from Doomben station:
