Shorncliffe railway line

Shorncliffe line
Shorncliffe station in June 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 Shorncliffe railway line showing distance from Central and ticket zones h:mm km Zone Beenleigh, Cleveland, Gold Coast, Ipswich/Rosewood, Springfield lines Exhibition line 0:02 0.8 Roma Street 0:00 0.0 Central 0:02 1.3 Fortitude Valley Bulimba Branch 2.4 Bowen Hills ( 1890- 1971 ) 0:05 2.7 Bowen Hills Exhibition line Inner City Bypass 3.0 Mayne Junction Ferny Grove line Breakfast Creek 0:09 4.5 Albion 5.3 Lutwyche 0:11 5.6 Wooloowin 6.1 Thorroldtown 0:13 6.5 Eagle Junction Doomben line Junction Road Airport line Schulz Canal 0:15 7.8 Toombul Sandgate Road 0:17 8.7 Nundah 0:19 9.9 Northgate  1   2  Caboolture, Redcliffe Peninsula, Sunshine Coast lines 0:22 11.4 Bindha 0:24 12.1 Banyo 0:26 13.1 Nudgee Nudgee Creek 0:29 16.0 Boondall 0:31 17.2 North Boondall Gateway Motorway Cabbage Tree Creek 0:33 18.4 Deagon 0:35 19.4 Sandgate 0:37 20.7 Shorncliffe

The Shorncliffe line is a suburban commuter railway line in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Operated by Queensland Rail, the line runs for 21.5 kilometres (13 miles) from Shorncliffe to Roma Street, where services continue on the Cleveland line.

History

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. The terminus was originally named Sandgate and was renamed Shorncliffe in 1938. The current Sandgate station was originally named Sandgate Central. The line allowed Brisbane residents to travel to Moreton Bay's shoreline at Shorncliffe.

Duplication was completed by December 1901.

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. The Shorncliffe line is currently being used as a pilot test for the implementation of ETCS, (European Train Control System), prior to its introduction with Cross River Rail.

Network and operations

Stations

Station	Image	Suburb	Opened	Terrain	Time
Roma Street		Brisbane	14 June 1875	Ground level	0
Central		Brisbane	18 August 1889	Underground	2
Fortitude Valley		Fortitude Valley	1 November 1890	Underground	6
Bowen Hills		Bowen Hills	1973	Ground level	9
Albion		Albion	1882	Ground level	13
Wooloowin		Wooloowin	11 May 1882	Ground level	15
Eagle Junction		Clayfield	1882	Ground level	17
Toombul		Toombul	1882	Ground level	19
Nundah		Nundah	1882	Ground level	21
Northgate		Northgate	1882	Ground level	23
Bindha		Virginia	1947	Ground level	26
Banyo		Banyo	1882	Ground level	28
Nudgee		Nudgee	1882	Ground level	30
Boondall		Boondall	1882	Ground level	33
North Boondall		Boondall	1882	Ground level	35
Deagon		Deagon	1887	Ground level	37
Sandgate		Sandgate	1882	Ground level	39
Shorncliffe		Shorncliffe	1897	Ground level	41

External links

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