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 |
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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