Bindha railway station
Bindha | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view in July 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Northlink Place, Virginia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°22′53″S 153°04′25″E / 27.3815°S 153.0735°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Line | Shorncliffe | ||||||||||
| Distance | 11.06 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | 600411 (platform 1) 600412 (platform 2) | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Bindha is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Shorncliffe line. It opened in 1947 and serves the Brisbane suburb of Virginia. It is a ground level station, featuring one island platform with two faces.
Adjacent to the station is the Golden Circle cannery at Northgate, with the station originally built to provide a stop for the factory workers.[1] Immediately north of the station lies the sidings for the Banyo railway workshops, which closed in 1995, years later reworked for the stabling of up to 4 six-car units.[2]
Services
[edit]Bindha station is served by all stops Shorncliffe line services from Shorncliffe to Roma Street, Cannon Hill, Manly and Cleveland.[3]
Platforms and services
[edit]| Bindha platform arrangement | |||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
| 1 | Shorncliffe | Roma Street (to Cleveland line) | |
| 2 | Shorncliffe | Shorncliffe | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bindha (entry 2665)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ "Banyo Railways". Kim Flesser. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Shorncliffe Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
External links
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Media related to Bindha railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Bindha station Queensland Rail
- Bindha station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
- Bindha station Translink travel information
