Ormeau railway station
Ormeau | |||||||||||
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 View of station entrance (top)
Footbridge as seen from platform 2 (bottom) | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Mirambeena Drive, Pimpama | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°47′57″S 153°16′56″E / 27.7992°S 153.2823°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Gold Coast | ||||||||||
| Distance | 52.72 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | 237 bays | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | 600241 (platform 1) 600242 (platform 2) | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | go card 4 | ||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 25 February 1996 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Ormeau railway station is a railway station located on the Gold Coast line in Queensland, Australia. Despite the name, it serves the Gold Coast suburb of Pimpama.
History
[edit]Ormeau station opened on 25 February 1996 when the Gold Coast line opened from Beenleigh to Helensvale.[1] It is currently the only station on the Gold Coast line with side platforms, but it will not be when the new stations, Pimpama, Hope Island, and Merrimac, open.
Services
[edit]Ormeau is served by Gold Coast line services from Varsity Lakes to Bowen Hills, Doomben and Brisbane Domestic Airport.[2]
Services by platform
[edit]| Platform | Line | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold Coast | Varsity Lakes | [3] |
| 2 | Gold Coast | Bowen Hills, Doomben & Brisbane Airport Domestic | [4] |
Transport links
[edit]Kinetic Group operate four bus routes from Ormeau station:
- 721: to Coomera station via Upper Coomera[5]
- 722: to Coomera station via Pimpama[6]
- 728: to Beenleigh station via Yatala[7]
- 729: to Beenleigh station via Ormeau Hills[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gold Coast Line Opens" Railway Digest April 1996 page 17
- ^ "Airport/Gold Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ^ Ormeau Platform 1 TransLink
- ^ Ormeau Platform 2 TransLink
- ^ "Route 721 timetable". Translink.
- ^ "Route 722 timetable". Translink.
- ^ "Route 728 timetable". Translink.
- ^ "Route 729 timetable". Translink.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Ormeau railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Ormeau station Queensland Rail
- Oremeau station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
