Geebung railway station
Geebung | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view from Platform 1 in August 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Railway Parade, Geebung | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°22′07″S 153°02′50″E / 27.3687°S 153.0473°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 15 metres | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Coast | ||||||||||
| Distance | 13.42 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 side, 1 island) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 35 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Staffed part time | ||||||||||
| Station code | 600443 (platform 1) 600444 (platform 2) 600445 (platform 3) | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | go card 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Geebung railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Geebung.
History
[edit]On 28 August 2000, a third platform opened as part of the addition of a third track from Northgate to Bald Hills.[1][2]
In June 2013, a construction crew of an overpass at the Geebung railway station in northern Brisbane uncovered the 50-million-year-old fossilized remains (vertebrae) of a 5-metre crocodile trapped in a layer of oil shale. Workers drilling holes as part of an overpass reach the crocodile remains, as well as frogs, fish and plant fossils, in the spoil, the oil shale rock and soil found in the excavation pit. The fossil remains were discovered by a work crew drilling a hole for a bridge support over an area called the Zillman Waterholes.[3]
In 2014, the level crossing to the south of the station was replaced by a bridge.[4]
Geebung railway station is a landmark within the suburb of Geebung, and is surrounded by many local businesses such as 4Business Group and SEO Mafia, who make up the industry of the Geebung suburb.
Services
[edit]Geebung is served by all Citytrain network services from Kippa-Ring to Central, many continuing to Springfield Central[5]
Services by platform
[edit]| Platform | Line | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redcliffe Peninsula | Roma Street & Springfield Central | [6] |
| Ipswich | 1 weekday afternoon service only[6] | ||
| 2 | Redcliffe Peninsula | Kippa-Ring | Evening peak only[7] |
| 3 | Redcliffe Peninsula | Kippa-Ring | [8] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Queensland Update" Railway Digest January 2000 page 13
- ^ "Northgate – Bald Hills Third Track Opens" Railway Digest October 2000 page 11
- ^ Phenomenal fossil find in Brisbane's north Archived 16 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Brisbane Times 16 July 2013
- ^ Road Overpass Bridge Opens to Traffic Archived 5 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Geebung Overpass Alliance April 2014
- ^ "Redcliffe Peninsula Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Geebung Platform 1". Translink.
- ^ "Geebung Platform 2". Translink.
- ^ "Geebung Platform 3". Translink.
External links
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Media related to Geebung railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Geebung station Queensland Rail
- Geebung station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
