Ferny Grove railway station explained

Ferny Grove
Style:TransLink (Queensland)
Address:Conavalla Street, Ferny Grove
Coordinates:-27.4017°N 152.9356°W
Distance:16.08 kilometres from Central
Line:Ferny Grove
Structure:Ground
Platform:2 (1 island)
Tracks:2
Parking:539 bays
Bicycle:Yes
Opened:[1]
Closed:2008
Rebuilt:2012
Electrified:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Code:600389 (platform 1)
600390 (platform 2)
Owned:Queensland Rail
Operator:Queensland Rail
Zone:go card 2
Status:Staffed
Web:Queensland Rail

Ferny Grove railway station is the terminus station of the Ferny Grove line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Ferny Grove.

The Brisbane Tramway Museum is a short walk south of the station.

History

The station opened in 1918 as part of the extension to Samford.[1]

The line formerly extended to Dayboro, but was cut back to Ferny Grove in 1955, as part of a larger rationalisation by the Queensland Government of its railway lines. The line now terminates here with bus services running to Samford during peak times.[2] [3]

The station was upgraded in 2012 as part of the Keperra-Ferny Grove duplication project. The upgrade included relocating the platform, a new station building and car park.[4]

Camp Mountain rail accident

The Camp Mountain rail accident occurred in 1947 west of Ferny Grove on the Dayboro stretch of the line. It is Queensland's worst railway accident. 16 people were killed when a picnic excursion train failed to negotiate a bend on the line between Camp Mountain and Samford. A small memorial marks the site of the accident.[5]

Services

Ferny Grove is the terminus for all stops services to and from Roma Street, Park Road, Coopers Plains and Beenleigh.

Services by platform

PlatformLineDestinationsNotes
1Roma Street, Park Road, Coopers Plains & Beenleigh[6]
2Roma Street, Park Road, Coopers Plains & Beenleigh[7]

Ferny Grove Central Development

Honeycombes Property Group are developing the station to be Transit Oriented Development (TOD). Ferny Grove Staition is currently being redeveloped to improve parking, retail, add apartments and a public plaza directly outside of the station.[8]

As of November 2023, the commuter car park has been completed[9] with stage 2 construction underway, and expected to be opened in 2025.

Transport links

Transport for Brisbane operate three bus routes from Ferny Grove station:

Brisbane Bus Lines operate one route from Ferny Grove station:

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Samford Railway. . . Queensland, Australia . 1 July 1918 . 16 February 2020 . 9 . Trove .
  2. News: The Enoggera Railway . . 6 February 1899 . 18 February 2015 . 4 . 5 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200905092714/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3687747 . live .
  3. Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong Publications 1990
  4. 28 October 2011 . Station and car park construction ramps up at Ferny Grove . Annastacia Palaszczuk . Annastacia Palaszczuk . . Minister for Transport . 18 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150218123048/http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/AboutUs/MediaCentre/MediaReleases/Pages/StationandcarparkconstructionrampsupatFernyGrove%28MinisterialMediaRelease%29.aspx . 18 February 2015.
  5. News: Condon . Matthew . Samford Valley train crash . The Courier-Mail. 15 June 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091107211907/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21893880-5003425,00.html . 7 November 2009 .
  6. Ferny Grove Platform 1
  7. Ferny Grove Platform 2
  8. Web site: Ferny Grove Central Development . 2024-01-24 . Honeycombes Property Group . en . 13 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240113232354/https://www.fernygrovecentral.com.au/ . live .
  9. News: Chan . Ray . November 20, 2023 . Bigger parking capacity after Ferny Grove station upgrade . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240122072512/https://www.railexpress.com.au/bigger-parking-capacity-after-ferny-grove-station-upgrade/ . January 22, 2024 . Rail Express.