Cleveland_railway_station

Cleveland railway station

Cleveland railway station

Railway station in Queensland, Australia

For the Amtrak station in Cleveland, Ohio, see Cleveland Lakefront Station.
Not to be confused with Cleveland railway station (1897–1960) or Cleveland Central railway station.

Cleveland railway station is located on the Cleveland line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the suburb of Cleveland in the Redland City.

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Cleveland station sign board, December 2017
Cleveland station viewed from Platform 1, December 2017
Catenary tensioning post located at the east end, December 2017

History

In 1889, the Cleveland line was extended from Manly to the original Cleveland station.[1][2] In 1897, the line was extended to the second Cleveland station.[3]

Cleveland station opened as the Raby Bay railway station in 1914.[4] On 1 November 1960, the station closed when the line was truncated to Lota.[5] When the station reopened on 24 October 1987, the former Raby Bay station became the third to carry the name Cleveland.[6]

Incidents

On 31 January 2013, a passenger train, IMU173, overshot the railway line and collided with the station, severely damaging a toilet block and the railway station and injuring 14 people.[7][8][9] The train was removed from the station in the early hours of the following morning.[10]

Services

Cleveland is the terminus for Cleveland line services to and from Shorncliffe, Northgate, Doomben and Bowen Hills.[11]

Services by platform

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Transdev Queensland operate seven bus routes via Cleveland station:

References

  1. [1]
    "Cleveland Central station". The Brisbane Courier. QLD. 28 November 1925. p. 3. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Cleveland and Cleveland Shire". Centre for the Government of Queensland.
  3. [3]
    "The end of the line". Bayside Bulletin. 7 December 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Cleveland Settlement to 2000". Redland City Council. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Legislative Assembly - 6 September 1961" (PDF). qld.gov.au. Queensland Government. 6 September 1961. p. 230. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. [6]
    Judith Kerr (25 October 2012). "Train driver on track for station's 25th anniversary". Redland City Bulletin. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  7. [7]
    "Train crashes into station on Brisbane's bayside". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  8. [8]
    Amy Remeikis (1 February 2013). "QR left scratching its head over train crash". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
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    "Passenger train derails on Cleveland line during morning commute". The Australian. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  10. [10]
    Amy Remeikis (1 February 2013). "Leaves may be behind train crash: driver". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  11. [11]
    "Cleveland Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
  12. [12]
    Cleveland Platform 1 Translink
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    Cleveland Platform 2 Translink
  14. [14]
    "Route 250 timetable". Translink.
  15. [15]
    "Route 252 timetable". Translink.
  16. [16]
    "Route 255 timetable". Translink.
  17. [17]
    "Route 258 timetable". Translink.
  18. [18]
    "Route 272 timetable". Translink.
  19. [19]
    "Route 274 timetable". Translink.
  20. [20]
    "Route 275 timetable". Translink.
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