Shorncliffe railway line

Shorncliffe line
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
Route map

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.

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.^[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),^[7]^[8] prior to its introduction with Cross River Rail.^[9]

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]}

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

^ Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Publications 1990
^ "OPENING OF THE SANDGATE RAILWAY". The Brisbane Courier. 11 May 1882. p. 3. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
^ "SANDGATE STATION RENAMED". The Courier-Mail. 21 October 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
^ Hallam, Greg (2005). Brisbane's Biography (Steamtrain Sunday). QR Limited.
^ "Sandgate Duplication". The Brisbane Courier. Qld. 3 December 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ Kerr, J. 'Brunswick St, Bowen Hills & Beyond' ARHS 1988
^ "Shorncliffe Line Works". Cross River Rail. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ "Signalling work & system testing". Cross River Rail. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ "Rail Network Improvements". Cross River Rail. Retrieved 8 December 2024.