Fortitude Valley railway station

Fortitude Valley Chinatown 華麗區站 中國城
View from Platform 2 in October 2008
Location	Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
Coordinates	27°27′22″S 153°02′01″E / 27.4560°S 153.0337°ECoordinates: 27°27′22″S 153°02′01″E / 27.4560°S 153.0337°E
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	City network
Line(s)	North Coast
Distance	1.33 kilometres from Central
Platforms	4 (2 islands)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	600014 (platform 1) 600013 (platform 2) 600010 (platform 3) 600012 (platform 4)
Fare zone	go card 1
Website	Queensland Rail
History
Opened	1 November 1890
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Brunswick Street
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station Central toward Roma Street Airport Line Bowen Hills toward Domestic Terminal Bowen Hills Terminus Beenleigh Line Central toward Beenleigh Central toward Roma Street Caboolture Line Bowen Hills toward Caboolture Bowen Hills Terminus Cleveland Line Central toward Cleveland Central toward Roma Street Doomben Line Bowen Hills toward Doomben Central One-way operation Exhibition Line Exhibition One-way operation Central toward Roma Street Ferny Grove Line Bowen Hills toward Ferny Grove Bowen Hills Terminus Gold Coast Line Central toward Varsity Lakes Bowen Hills Terminus Ipswich and Rosewood Line Central toward Rosewood Central toward Roma Street Redcliffe Peninsula Line Bowen Hills toward Kippa-Ring Central toward Roma Street Shorncliffe Line Bowen Hills toward Shorncliffe Bowen Hills Terminus Springfield Line Central toward Springfield Central Central toward Roma Street Sunshine Coast Line Bowen Hills toward Nambour or Gympie North

Fortitude Valley railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. Located beneath the Valley Metro complex, it serves the central Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley.

Pedestrian access to the station is via two thoroughfares near the corner of Brunswick and Wickham Streets and a pedestrian overpass connecting to McWhirters.

History

The station opened on 1 November 1890 as Brunswick Street with the completion of the railway from Brisbane Central.^[1][2]

In July 2007, an upgrade on the station commenced but being a busy station, only two platforms were able to be upgraded at any one time.^[3]

The upgrade was completed in October 2008 with escalators, elevators, new lighting, updated passenger information displays and upgraded flooring.^[4] With the upgrade completed, the station was renamed Fortitude Valley.^[5][6]

Services

Fortitude Valley station is served by all suburban and interurban City network lines.^{[7][8][9][10][11][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Services by platform

Platform	Lines	Destinations	Notes
1	Airport	City, Park Road & Varsity Lakes	[17]
	Doomben	City, Roma Street & Park Road	[17]
		City & Cleveland	Peak hours only[17]
	Ferny Grove	City & Beenleigh	[17]
	Shorncliffe	City & Cleveland	[17]
2	Airport	Brisbane Airport Domestic	[18]
	Doomben	Doomben	[18]
	Ferny Grove	Ferny Grove	[18]
	Shorncliffe	Northgate & Shorncliffe	[18]
3	Caboolture	City, Springfield Central, Ipswich & Rosewood	[19]
	Redcliffe Peninsula	City, Springfield Central & Ipswich	[19]
	Sunshine Coast	City, Springfield Central & Ipswich	[19]
4	Caboolture	Caboolture	[20]
	Redcliffe Peninsula	Kippa-Ring	[20]
	Sunshine Coast	Nambour & Gympie North	[20]

References

1. Towards a unified rail system Queensland Rail
2. Fortitude Valley Centre for the Government of Queensland
3. Brunswick Street Station Upgrade Underway Queensland Government 5 June 2007
4. Beautiful Brunswick Street 612 ABC Brisbane 31 March 2008
5. Station revamp gives Fortitude Valley new lease on life Queensland Government 10 October 2008
6. All aboard Brisbane's soundwave station Brisbane Times 11 October 2008
7. Gold Coast-Airport line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
8. Beenleigh line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
9. Cleveland line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
10. Ipswich and Rosewood line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
11. Springfield line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
12. Caboolture line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
13. Doomben line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
14. Ferny Grove line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
15. Shorncliffe line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
16. Sunshine Coast line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
17. Fortitude Valley Platform 1 TransLink
18. Fortitude Valley Platform 2 TransLink
19. Fortitude Valley Platform 3 TransLink
20. Fortitude Valley Platform 4 TransLink

External links

• Media related to Fortitude Valley railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Fortitude Valley station Queensland Rail
• Fortitude Valley station Queensland's Railways on the Internet