Gailes railway station, Brisbane
Gailes | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view from Platform 1 in September 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Wilruna Street, Wacol | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°36′08″S 152°55′08″E / 27.6022°S 152.9190°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main | ||||||||||
| Distance | 21.59 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 600329 (platform 1) 600330 (platform 2) | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | go card 2 | ||||||||||
| Website | Translink | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Pullen Pullen Flats Dingo Hill | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Gailes railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. Despite the name, it is not in the suburb of Gailes, City of Ipswich, but in the neighbouring suburb in Wacol, City of Brisbane. In 1919, the station was named Dingo Hill and renamed in 1925 to Gailes.[1][2]
Services
[edit]Gailes is served by trains operating to and from Ipswich and Rosewood. Most city-bound services run to Caboolture and Nambour, with some morning peak trains terminating at Bowen Hills.[3] Some afternoon inbound services on weekdays run to Kippa-Ring.[3] Gailes is 23 minutes from Ipswich and 34 minutes on an all-stops train from Central.[3]
Services by platform
[edit]| Platform | Line | Destinations | Express | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ipswich and Rosewood | Ipswich and Rosewood* | All outbound services stop or terminate at Ipswich.[3][4] | |
| 2 | Ipswich and Rosewood | Bowen Hills, Caboolture and Nambour | Darra to Milton, stopping at Indooroopilly (Weekday mornings only) and express from Bowen Hills to Petrie, stopping at Eagle Junction and Northgate[5][6][7] | [3][7] |
| Kippa-Ring | Bowen Hills to Northgate stopping only at Eagle Junction[8] | Weekday afternoons only[3][7] |
*Note: One weekday morning service (4:56 am from Central) and selected afternoon peak services continue through to Rosewood. At all other times, a change of train is required at Ipswich.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Gailes Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Centre for Government Queensland
- ^ "DINGO HILL RENAMED". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 19 September 1925. p. 23. Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ^ Roads, TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main. "Gailes station, platform 1 | TransLink". TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Caboolture Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Roads, TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main. "Gailes station, platform 2 | TransLink". TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Redcliffe Peninsula Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
External links
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- Gailes station Translink
- Gailes station Queensland's Railways on the Internet