Sherwood railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Sherwood.

History

Sherwood station opened on 5 October 1874 as Oxley West as the interim terminus of the Main line from Ipswich.[1] It was extended to Oxley Point on 4 February 1875.[2] It was renamed to Sherwood in May 1878.[3]

The line through Indooroopilly was duplicated in June 1886. The station was rebuilt in 1960 as part of the quadruplication of the line.[4]

Services

Sherwood is served by Citytrain network services operating from Nambour, Caboolture, Kippa-Ring and Bowen Hills to Springfield Central, Ipswich and Rosewood.[5][6]

Services by Platform

Platform Lines Destinations Notes
1 Ipswich & Rosewood Ipswich & Rosewood* [7]
Springfield Springfield Central [7]
2 Ipswich & Rosewood Bowen Hills, Caboolture & Nambour [8]
Springfield Bowen Hills, Doomben, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour Caboolture & Nambour services operate Weekday afternoons only.
1 Doomben service operate Monday to Thursday afternoon only[8]
3 Ipswich & Rosewood Ipswich & Rosewood* evening peak only[9]
4 Ipswich & Rosewood Bowen Hills, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour evening peak only[10]
Springfield Bowen Hills, Kippa-Ring, Caboolture & Nambour evening peak only[10]

*Note: One weekday morning service (4:56 am from Central) and selected afternoon peak services continue through to Rosewood. At all other times, a change of train is required at Ipswich.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Opening of the Railway to Oxley". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXIX, no. 5, 306. Queensland, Australia. 6 October 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Sherwood". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. ^ "GENERAL EPITOME". The Week (Brisbane). Vol. V, no. 124. Queensland, Australia. 11 May 1878. p. 21. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Graceville Railway Station (entry 602717)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Springfield Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  7. ^ a b Sherwood Platform 1 Translink
  8. ^ a b Sherwood Platform 2 Translink
  9. ^ Sherwood Platform 3 Translink
  10. ^ a b Sherwood Platform 4 Translink
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