Darra railway station

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Darra railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Darra.

History

A stop at "nine miles forty four chain" from Central was established when the line between Ipswich and Brisbane was built in 1874. Service on the line were operating in 1875. No stops at the site were recorded in 1876 or 1877, probably because the stop was not manned until the following year when passengers were first recorded at Darra station.[1] The name Darra is most probably derived from a Scottish railway town as some of the engineers who were responsible for naming stops were Scottish.[1]

A siding at Darra was constructed in 1885 to enable the loading of firewood for Hicks & Gray. In 1954, four platforms were built at the station but only three were used. In September 1980, the Darra to Ipswich line was electrified.[1]

Construction of the Springfield line

In 2010, the station was upgraded with two additional platforms and a new ticket office built as part of the quadruplication of the line from Corinda to accommodate services for the Springfield line which has a junction with the Main line west of the station.[2]

During construction a hand grenade was found by workers and then safely disposed of by army personnel.[3]

The car park was expanded to include 60 new car park spaces and 40 extra cycle lockers.[4]

Services

Darra is served by City network services operating from Nambour, Caboolture, Petrie and Bowen Hills to Springfield Central, Ipswich and Rosewood.[5][6]

Services by platform

Platform Line Destinations Notes
1 Ipswich & Rosewood Ipswich & Rosewood [7]
Springfield Springfield Central [7]
2 Springfield Bowen Hills [8]
Petrie, Caboolture & Nambour Peak hours only[8]
3 Ipswich & Rosewood Ipswich & Rosewood Evening peak hour only[9]
4 Ipswich & Rosewood Bowen Hills & Caboolture Morning peak services run express to Milton stopping only at Indooroopilly[10]

References

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External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  • Darra station Queensland Rail
  • Darra station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
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  2. Corinda to Darra upgrade Queensland Rail November 2010
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  5. Ipswich & Rosewood line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
  6. Springfield line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
  7. 7.0 7.1 Darra Platform 1 TransLink
  8. 8.0 8.1 Darra Platform 2 TransLink
  9. Darra Platform 3 TransLink
  10. Darra Platform 4 TransLink