Shorncliffe railway line

The Shorncliffe railway line is an 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) suburban railway line situated north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network.

Shorncliffe line
Shorncliffe railway station, 2012
Overview
Website	queenslandrail.com.au
Technical
Line length	11 km (6.8 mi)
Number of tracks	Quadruple to Northgate, double to Sandgate, single track to Shorncliffe.
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1982
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map

A Sandgate bound train arrives at Nundah station, 1910

Train crossing Palm Avenue, Shorncliffe, 1925

History

Further information: Rail transport in Queensland

The Sandgate Railway, opened in 1882, was the first truly suburban railway in Brisbane, built to provide convenient access to the seaside for the city's residents.^[1] The terminus was originally named Sandgate and was renamed Shorncliffe in 1938.^[2][3] The current Sandgate station was originally named Sandgate Central. The line allowed Brisbane residents to travel to Moreton Bay's shoreline at Shorncliffe.^[4]

Duplication was completed by December 1901.^[5]

Trains to Sandgate originally travelled via what is now the Exhibition line prior to the opening of the tunnel between Central and Brunswick Street in 1890.^[6] The Shorncliffe line is going to be used as a pilot test for the implementation of ETCS, (European Train Control System), prior to its introduction with Cross River Rail.^{[citation needed]}

Line guide and services

Most services to and/from Shorncliffe continue onto the Cleveland line. The typical travel time between Shorncliffe and Brisbane City is approximately 33 minutes (to Central).^{[citation needed]}

Passengers for/from the Caboolture, Redcliffe Peninsula and Sunshine Coast lines change at Northgate, Airport and Doomben lines at Eagle Junction, Ferny Grove line at Bowen Hills, and all other lines at Central.^{[citation needed]}

v t e Shorncliffe railway line showing distance from Central and ticket zone
Legend
h:mm km Beenleigh, Cleveland, Gold Coast, Ipswich/Rosewood, Springfield lines Exhibition line 0:02 0.8 Roma Street (1) 0:00 0.0 Central (1) 0:02 1.3 Fortitude Valley (1) Bulimba Branch (closed) 2.4 Bowen Hills (2nd site) 0:05 2.7 Bowen Hills (1) Exhibition line Inner City Bypass 3.0 Mayne Junction (closed) Ferny Grove line Breakfast Creek 0:09 4.5 Albion (1) 5.3 Lutwyche (closed) 0:11 5.6 Wooloowin (1) 6.1 Thorroldtown (closed) 0:13 6.5 Eagle Junction (1) Doomben line Junction Road Airport line Schulz Canal 0:15 7.8 Toombul (1) Sandgate Road 0:17 8.7 Nundah (1) 0:19 9.9 Northgate (1/2) Caboolture, Redcliffe Peninsula, Sunshine Coast lines 0:22 11.4 Bindha (2) 0:24 12.1 Banyo (2) 0:26 13.1 Nudgee (2) Nudgee Creek 0:29 16.0 Boondall (2) 0:31 17.2 North Boondall (2) Gateway Motorway Cabbage Tree Creek 0:33 18.4 Deagon (2) 0:35 19.4 Sandgate (2) 0:37 20.7 Shorncliffe (2)

References

1. Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Publications 1990
2. "OPENING OF THE SANDGATE RAILWAY". The Brisbane Courier. 11 May 1882. p. 3. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
3. "SANDGATE STATION RENAMED". The Courier-Mail. 21 October 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
4. Hallam, Greg (2005). Brisbane's Biography (Steamtrain Sunday). QR Limited.
5. "Sandgate Duplication". The Brisbane Courier. Qld. 3 December 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
6. Kerr, J. 'Brunswick St, Bowen Hills & Beyond' ARHS 1988

External links

• Queensland Rail
• "South East Queensland Train Network Map" (PDF). Translink. 1 May 2020.