Petrie railway station

Petrie railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the suburb of Petrie in the City of Moreton Bay.[1] It opened as North Pine railway station in1888 after the nearby North Pine River and was renamed Petrie railway station (after local pioneer Thomas Petrie) in 1911.[1][2]

Petrie
Northbound view from Platform 1 in May 2012
General information
LocationStation Street, Petrie
Coordinates27.2679°S 152.9818°E / -27.2679; 152.9818
Elevation9 metres
Owned byQueensland Rail
Operated byQueensland Rail
Line(s)North Coast
Redcliffe Peninsula
Distance27.49 kilometres from Central
Platforms5 (1 side, 2 island)
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code600464 (platform 1)
600465 (platform 2)
600466 (platform 3)
600627 (platform 4)
600645 (platform 5)
Fare zonego card 3
WebsiteQueensland Rail
History
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesNorth Pine
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Queensland Rail Following station
Northgate
towards Roma Street
 Caboolture Line Dakabin
towards Caboolture
Lawnton
towards Roma Street
 Redcliffe Peninsula Line Kallangur
towards Kippa-Ring
Northgate
towards Roma Street
 Sunshine Coast Line Dakabin
towards Nambour
Sunshine Coast Line
Gympie North service
 Caboolture
towards Gympie North

The station has five platforms. As part of the Redcliffe Peninsula line, the station was expanded with a new island platform built east of the existing platforms.[3][4] It opened along with the rest of the line on 4 October 2016.[5] As part of the project, a third track was added south of the station to Lawnton.[6] North of the station, the Redcliffe Peninsula line branches off.

Services

Petrie is served by all City network services from Gympie North, Nambour, Caboolture & Kippa-Ring to Brisbane, many continuing to Ipswich, Rosewood and Springfield Central.[7][8] [9]

Services by platform
Platform Lines Destinations Notes
1 Used as bypass track for northbound express services [10]
2 Caboolture Caboolture [11]
Sunshine Coast Nambour & Gympie North [11]
3 Redcliffe Peninsula Kippa-Ring [12]
4 Caboolture Roma Street, Springfield Central, Ipswich & Rosewood [13]
Sunshine Coast Roma Street, Springfield Central & Ipswich [13]
5 Redcliffe Peninsula Roma Street, Springfield Central & Ipswich [14]

Prior to the October 2016 opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula line, Petrie station was served by 10 bus routes connecting it to nearby suburbs, but after the opening only two remain.

A trackplan of Petrie station.

Hornibrook Bus Lines operate two bus routes via Petrie station:

References
  1. "Petrie – railway station in Moreton Bay Region (entry 45463)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. Slaughter, Leslie E (1959), Redcliffe's 160 years, Redcliffe Town Council, p. 43
  3. Moreton Bay Rail Link Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine Railway Technology
  4. "Non-Express Delivery: The Moreton Bay Rail Link" Railway Digest October 2013 page 26
  5. Redcliffe Peninsula Line opens in Brisbane Archived 21 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Railway Gazette International 4 October 2016
  6. Lawnton to Petrie upgrade project Archived 27 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Department of Transport & Main Roads
  7. "Redcliffe Peninsula Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  8. "Caboolture Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  9. "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  10. "Petrie Platform 1". TransLink.
  11. "Petrie Platform 2". TransLink. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  12. "Petrie Platform 3". TransLink. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  13. "Petrie Platform 4". TransLink. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  14. "Petrie Platform 5". TransLink. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  15. "Route 680 timetable". Translink.
  16. "Route 686 timetable". Translink.
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