Yeerongpilly Railway Station
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Yeerongpilly railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in
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, Australia. It serves the
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suburb of Yeerongpilly. Immediately south-west of the station, the Corinda line branches off. To the west of the station lies the NSW North Coast
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line primarily used by Gold Coast,
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XPT and freight services.


History

Yeerongpilly station opened in 1884 as Logan Junction with the opening of the railway to Loganlea. It was renamed South Coast Junction in 1885 and again to Yeerongpilly in 1893. It was the
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for the Corinda line until passenger services ceased on the line in June 2011 and were replaced by
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's route 104.The design for the
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included extending the footbridge over Fairfield Road, however when the centre was built it was not included. Construction eventually commenced in July 2010, with the new bridge opened on 29 December 2010 in time for the
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. With the opening of the NSW North Coast line to
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in 1930, the
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opened a depot to the south of the station. This closed on 13 February 1997 with the turntable relocated to the new
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Acacia Ridge facility. In 1995, as part of the construction of the Gold Coast line, the standard gauge line from
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was converted to
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. This was later extended to
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. The station was closed for a full accessibility rebuild from 18 September 2023 to 16 February 2025.


Services

Yeerongpilly station is served by all stops Beenleigh line services from
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, Kuraby and Coopers Plains to
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and Ferny Grove.


Services by platform


Transport links

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operate three bus routes via Yeerongpilly station: *104: Corinda to Princess Alexandra Hospital *105:
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to Brisbane City via
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*108: Indooroopilly to Brisbane City


References


External links

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Queensland's Railways on the Internet * Yeerongpilly stationTranslink travel information {{Queensland Rail railway stations, Beenleigh=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Brisbane Railway stations in Australia opened in 1884