Rosewood railway station explained

Rosewood
Style:TransLink (Queensland)
Address:Railway Street, Rosewood
Coordinates:-27.643°N 152.5926°W
Distance:56.97 kilometres from Central
Line:Main
Structure:Ground
Platform:2 side
Tracks:2
Parking:33 bays
Bicycle:Yes
Opened:1865
Electrified:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Code:600362 (platform 1)
600363 (platform 2)
Owned:Queensland Rail
Operator:Queensland Rail
Zone:go card 4
Status:Staffed
Web:Queensland Rail

Rosewood railway station is located on the Main line railway in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Rosewood.

History

The now-closed Marburg branch railway line split from the Main Line railway at Rosewood.[1]

Services

Rosewood is the western terminus of the electrified Brisbane City network. It is the terminus for all services to/from Ipswich, with some peak-hour services continuing to Bowen Hills and Caboolture.

Rosewood is served by Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander travelling between Brisbane and Charleville.

Services by platform

PlatformLineDestinationsNotes
1Ipswich & RosewoodBowen Hills, Caboolture & NambourMorning peak only[2]
Ipswich
2Ipswich & RosewoodKippa-RingAfternoon peak only[3]
style=background:#E31836Queensland Rail TravelBrisbane Roma Street & Charleville

Transport Links

Bus Queensland Lockyer Valley operate one bus route to and from Rosewood station:

This route was once serviced by McCafferty's Express Coaches (now operating under the auspices of Greyhound Australia) which continued onto Toowoomba where it connected with Rail motor service 5R16 from Toowoomba to Roma which operated until 1993.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Marburg Branch : a brief history of a 20th century branch line and other lines of the Walloon coalfields. 2022-02-25. ARHS NSW. en-AU. 3 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210403162036/https://arhsnsw.com.au/product/the-marburg-branch-2nd-ed/. live.
  2. Rosewood Platform 1
  3. Rosewood Platform 2