Lawnton railway station

Lawnton
Sourthbound view from Platform 1 in August 2012
Location	Station Road, Lawnton
Coordinates	27°09′56″S 152°35′07″E / 27.1655°S 152.5852°ECoordinates: 27°09′56″S 152°35′07″E / 27.1655°S 152.5852°E
Elevation	14 metres
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	City network
Line(s)	North Coast
Distance	25.89 kilometres from Central
Platforms	3 (1 side, 1 island)
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	159
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed part time
Station code	600461 (platform 1) 600462 (platform 2) 600463 (platform 3)
Fare zone	go card 5/6
Website	Queensland Rail
History
Opened	1888
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station Bray Park toward Roma Street Redcliffe Peninsula Line Petrie toward Kippa-Ring

Lawnton railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the suburb of Lawnton in the Moreton Bay Region.

History

Lawnton station opened in 1888.^[1] In 2001, a third platform opened as part of the addition of a third track from Bald Hills to just north of the station.^[2][3]

As part of the Redcliffe Peninsula railway line project, the third track is being extended north to Petrie including a new bridge over the North Pine River.^[4]

Services

Lawnton is served by all City network services from Kippa-Ring to Central, many continuing to Springfield Central^[5]

Services by platform

Platform	Line	Destinations	Notes
1	Redcliffe Peninsula	Roma Street & Springfield Central	[6]
		Ipswich	1 weekday afternoon service only[6]
2	Redcliffe Peninsula	Kippa-Ring	Evening peak only[7]
3	Redcliffe Peninsula	Kippa-Ring	[8]

Transport links

Thompsons Bus Service operates one route via Lawnton station:

• 669: Westfield Strathpine to Warner Village^[9]

References

1. Lawnton Centre for Government of Queensland
2. "Queensland Update" Railway Digest January 2000 page 13
3. "Northgate - Bald Hills Third Track Opens" Railway Digest October 2000 page 11
4. Lawnton to Petrie upgrade project Department of Transport & Main Roads
5. "Redcliffe Peninsula line timetable" (pdf). TransLink. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
6. "Lawnton Platform 1". TransLink.
7. "Lawnton Platform 2". TransLink.
8. "Lawnton Platform 3". TransLink.
9. Route 669 timetable TranLink 20 January 2014

External links

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