Ipswich and Rosewood railway line

Ipswich/Rosewood line
Section of the line between Toowong and Taringa
Overview
Website	queenslandrail.com.au
Technical
Track length	57.0 km (35.4 mi)
Number of tracks	4 (Roma Street–Darra) 2 (Darra–Rosewood)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1980–1993
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
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Legend
km Northern lines Exhibition line 2.7 Bowen Hills 1.2 Fortitude Valley 0.0 Central 0.8 Roma Street Exhibition line Beenleigh, Cleveland & Gold Coast lines Hale Street (Inner City Bypass) 2.3 Milton 3.5 Auchenflower 4.5 Toowong 6.0 Taringa 7.4 Indooroopilly Albert Bridge over Brisbane River 8.5 Chelmer 9.5 Graceville Zone 1 2 10.7 Sherwood Corinda–Yeerongpilly line 11.6 Corinda 13.3 Oxley 16.0 Darra Springfield line Centenary Highway 20.0 Wacol 21.6 Gailes 23.5 Goodna 26.8 Redbank Zone 2 3 to Redbank Railway Workshops 29.2 Riverview Warrego Highway 30.8 Dinmore 32.2 Ebbw Vale 34.1 Bundamba Swanbank Line 35.5 Booval 37.0 East Ipswich 38.6 Ipswich to Workshops Rail Museum 40.1 Thomas Street Sadliers Crossing bridge over Bremer River 41.6 Wulkuraka Brisbane Valley line 43.9 Karrabin 48.5 Walloon Zone 3 4 52.7 Thagoona Ebenezer coal loop Museum Junction 57.0 Rosewood Main line km

The Ipswich and Rosewood line refers to the section of the

History

Main Line

The Main Line railway from Ipswich to Brisbane was opened in 1876,^[1] as part of an extension of the first railway line from Ipswich to Bigge's Camp (now Grandchester) on 31 July 1865.^[2]

Originally built as single track, the section was duplicated from 1885 to 1887, indicating how quickly the traffic volume grew on the line. The Albert Bridge was built to accommodate two tracks in 1876, though only one was laid at the time.

The line west of Ipswich was duplicated to Wulkuraka in 1902 and to Grandchester (past Rosewood) in 1913.^[3]

The section from Roma Street to Corinda (11 km (6.8 mi) was quadruplicated in 1963,^[4] and extended to Darra (a further 5 km (3.1 mi)) in 2011, which became the junction for the first section of the new Springfield line at that time.

The Roma Street–Darra section was the first section electrified in 1979, with the section to Ipswich electrified in 1980.

The line was electrified from

Branch lines

The

A line to Marburg opened in 1912, branching from the Main Line 380 m (1,250 ft) east of Rosewood railway station. It was closed in sections from 1964 to 1995, and some of it is today the Rosewood Railway Museum; the Museum Junction station is at the truncated southern end of the line before Railway Street.

A line to a coal loading

A new branch line has been proposed on an alignment extending south from Ipswich to Yamanto, then east to Ripley, and connecting with the Springfield line.^[5]

Route and stations

Most services originate in Ipswich and stop at all stations to

During times of disruption in the inner south of Brisbane, Beenleigh and Gold Coast line trains can be maintained via the Ipswich line, using the Corinda-Yeerongpilly railway line to bypass track closures between South Brisbane and Yeerongpilly.

Former service to Corinda via South Brisbane

The Corinda–Yeerongpilly railway line, also known as the Tennyson line, connects the Beenleigh and Ipswich lines for coal, grain and intermodal freight services to the Port of Brisbane and Acacia Ridge intermodal terminal. It was the only connection between the northern and southern portions of the Brisbane suburban network until the Merivale Bridge opened in 1978. Commuter services were defunct in 2011 due to low patronage.^[7]

Gallery

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  Section of the line between Toowong and Taringa
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  Rosewood railway station, 2012
• 
  Makeshift bridge of railway wagons during the 1890 flood between Milton and Auchenflower to allow passengers to reach the city. This photograph was taken in the vicinity of Eagle Terrace looking towards Park Road. (Description supplied with photograph.)

References