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.
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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History
editOrmeau 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
editOrmeau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold Coast | Varsity Lakes | [3] |
| 2 | Gold Coast | Bowen Hills, Doomben & Brisbane Airport Domestic | [4] |
Transport links
editKinetic 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
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Media related to Ormeau railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Ormeau station Queensland Rail
- Oremeau station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
