Caboolture railway line
| Caboolture line | |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Commuter rail |
| System | Queensland Rail City network |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Caboolture |
| Termini |
Roma Street Caboolture |
| Stations | 13 |
| Website | queenslandrail.com.au |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 11 June 1888 |
| Owner | Queensland Rail |
| Operator(s) | Queensland Rail |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 49.570 km (30.801 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Operating speed | 100 km/h (62 mph) |
The Caboolture railway line refers to the section of Queensland's North Coast Line that has a regular suburban railway service, extending north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. The line commences at Roma St station, travelling through the city and extends through Brisbane's northern suburbs to Caboolture, which the line continues north to Sunshine Coast and connects with the Ipswich line south-west of Brisbane. The line distance from Brisbane Central is 49.6 km.
Lines that branch from it are the Ferny Grove line at Bowen Hills, the Doomben and Airport lines at Eagle Junction, the Shorncliffe line at Northgate and the Redcliffe Peninsula line at Petrie railway station.
The first section of the line, to Northgate (and onto Sandgate) opened in 1882. In 1883 the Queensland government decided to link Gladstone to Brisbane by railway, and eventually decided upon Northgate as the junction for the new line.
The alignment from Roma St to Bowen Hills was via Normanby (today known as the Exhibition line), and this remained the case until the dual track line via Central opened in 1890.
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