Rosewood railway station
Railway station in Queensland, Australia
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Rosewood railway station is located on the Main railway line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Rosewood.
Rosewood | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rosewood station in May 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Railway Street, Rosewood, Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°38′35″S 152°35′33″E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Main | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 56.97 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 33 bays | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600362 (platform 1) 600363 (platform 2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1865 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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History
The now-closed Marburg railway line split from the Main railway line at Rosewood.[1]
Services
Rosewood is the western terminus of the electrified Queensland Rail network. It is the terminus for all services to/from Ipswich, with some peak-hour services continuing to Bowen Hills and Caboolture.[2]
Rosewood is served by Queensland Rail Travel's twice weekly Westlander travelling between Brisbane and Charleville.[3]
Services by platform
| Platform | Line | Destinations | Notes |
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| 1 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Bowen Hills, Caboolture & Nambour | Morning peak only[4] |
| Ipswich | [4] | ||
| 2 | Ipswich & Rosewood | Kippa-Ring | Afternoon peak only[5] |
| Queensland Rail Travel | Brisbane Roma Street & Charleville | [3] 8:31pm Tuesdays and Thursdays (Westbound)
9:50am Thursdays and Saturdays (Eastbound) | |
Transport Links
Bus Queensland Lockyer Valley operate one bus route to and from Rosewood station:
This route was once serviced by McCafferty's which continued onto Toowoomba where it connected with a rail motor service from Toowoomba to Roma which operated until 1993.
