Sherwood railway station, Brisbane
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Sherwood | |||||||||||||||
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 Southbound view from Platform 3 in August 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Honour Avenue, Sherwood | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°31′52″S 152°58′46″E / 27.5311°S 152.9795°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 10.69 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 island) | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600309 (platform 1) 600310 (platform 2) 600311 (platform 3) 600312 (platform 4) | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | go card 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 5 October 1874[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1960 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||
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Sherwood railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Sherwood.
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]
