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Hey everyone, I'm sure you've all seen those 'development of the network'-style videos on YouTube, and I'm keen on making one myself for Brisbane. Before I do that however, I need to actually make sure I've got all my network history down pat. I've compiled a list starting with the opening of the Merivale Bridge of any reasonably big infrastructure changes - no minor station rebuilds/upgrades, but otherwise all the duplication, opening, closing, etc. I also included station renaming, as this changes how things appear on the map.

Anyway, here's my best attempt at figuring everything out. Is there anything I'm missing/have gotten wrong?

1978-11-18: Merivale Bridge opened, services now run to Roma St from south & interstate
1979-11-19: Darra to Ferny Grove electrified
1980-9-20: Darra to Ipswich electrified
1982-3-3: Roma St to Fortitude Valley electrified, via Exhibition
1982-9-18: Bowen Hills to Shorncliffe electrifed (No Boondall)
1982-9-18: Roma St to Kingston electrified
1982-9-25: Lota to Thorneside reopened
1983-4-23: Northgate to Petrie electrifed (No Castledine, Bray Park)
1983-8-15: Park Rd to Thornside electrified (w/ Doboy between Murarrie and Hemmant)
1984-11-3: Corinda to Yeerongpilly electrified
1984-11-3: Kingston to Beenleigh electrified (No Eden's Landing)
1984-11-3: Indooroopilly to Chelmer electrifed
1986-?-?: Eden's Landing station opened on Beenleigh line
1986-?-?: Boondall station opened on Shorncliffe line
1986-?-?: Carseldine & Bray Park stations opened on the Petrie line
1986-6-28: Petrie to Caboolture electrified
1986-7-26: Thorneside line extended to Wellington Point
1987-10-24: Wellington Point extended to Cleveland
1988-2-6: Eagle Junction to Eagle Farm electrified (diesel continued to Pinkenba until Sept. 1993)
1988-4-28: Caboolture to Nambour electrified
1989-2-4: Caboolture to Gympie realigned to Gympie North & electrified. Monkland closed
1989-?-?: Toogoolawah (Brisbane Valley) regional rail line closed to passengers
1993-?-?: Doboy Station on the Cleveland Line closed
1993-?-?: Ipswich to Rosewood electrified
1993-9-27: Entire Pinkenba line closed
1996-2-25: Beenleigh extended to Helensvale
1996-?-?: Roma St to Northgate quad tracked & Roma St rebuilt
1997-5-31: Helensvale extended to Robina
1998-1-27: Doomben line reopened as far as Doomben
2001-4-27: Vulture St renamed South Bank
2001-5-5: Eagle Junction to Airport opened
2008-10-?: Brunswick St renamed to Fortitude Valley
2009-9-13: Robina extended to Varsity Lakes
2011-1-17: Richlands line from Darra to Richlands opened early due to flooding. Scheduled 23 Jan.
2011-6-?: Corinda-Yeerongpilly line via Tennyson closed due to low ridership
2012-?-?: Mitchelton to Ferny Grove duplicated.
2013-12-2: Richlands line extended from Richlands to Springfield Central
2014-7-20: GCLR begins from Broadbeach South to GCUH
2016-10-3: Redcliffe Peninsula line opened from Petrie to Kippa-Ring
2017-12-16: GCLR connects from GCUH to Helensvale


This one goes back to origin.

Brisbane's rail network | Australia's Railway history

https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?msg=261140

Dutton Park was originally Boggo Junction, changed 1914.  Junction of the Wooloongabba line from 1884 until 1989.

Wacol was originally Wolston 1874, changed 1928.  Changed to avoid confusion with Wilston.

Gailes was originally Dingo Hill 1919, changed 1925.  Changed because of the new adjacent golf course.

East Ipswich was originally Limestone 1879.  Changed to East Ipswich 1892.

Roma Street was originally Brisbane Terminal station 1875, changed to Roma Street 1889 when line to Central opened.

Fortitude Valley was originally Brunswick Street 1890, renamed Fortitude Valley 2008 following the major upgrade.

South Bank was originally Vulture Street 1893, renamed South Bank 2001.

North Boondall was originally Cabbage Tree Creek 1882, renamed Nudgee College 1911, renamed Boondall 1923, North Boondall upon opening of the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in 1986.

Bethania 1885, renamed Bethania Junction 1888, renamed Bethania 1943.

Corinda 1875, was originally South Brisbane Junction, renamed Corinda 1888.

Eagle Junction was originally Eagle Farm Junction 1882, renamed Eagle Junction 1888.

Ascot was originally Hendra Siding 1882, renamed Racecourse eventually Ascot.

Doomben original station moved further west in 1976 and named Doomben-Whinstanes (merged with Whinstanes), reverted back to Doomben 1998.

Nundah, originally named German Station, renamed in 1882 within weeks of opening.

Petrie, originally name North Pine. Renamed about 1911.

Chelmer, originally opened 1876 as Oxley's Point, 1888 renamed Riverton, 1889 renamed Chelmer.

Sherwood, originally named Oxley West, renamed Sherwood 1883.

Ebbw Vale, originally St Helen's, renamed Ebbw Vale 1910.

Taringa, originally West Milton, renamed Taringa in 1875.

Indooroopilly, had a working name of Witton for a short time 1875-79. Both names in use for a short while.

South Brisbane, was first known as Melbourne Street station.  When relocated from the corner of Melbourne and Grey streets to higher ground renamed South Brisbane in 1891.

Shorncliffe, originally named as Sandgate. Appears changed to Shorncliffe late 1940s.

Sandgate, originally named as Sandgate Central.  Appears changed to Sandgate 1950s.

Glass House Mountains, originally named as Glass Mountains, renamed 1914.

Wynnum Central, originally named as Wynnum South, renamed 1931.

I believe it was just Keperra to Ferny Grove that was duplicated in 2012, the rest had already been done.

Hey AOB, were you also intending to include when lines were converted to 15 minute all day frequencies? I think that's important and often overlooked.

G'day AOB,

The 14km Caboolture to Beerburrum rail duplication opened on 14 April 2009.
Also new stations were built at Beerburrum and Elimbah as part of the above project.
It was a $298 million contract.

Quote from: AOB on October 09, 2022, 15:42:52 PMHey everyone, I'm sure you've all seen those 'development of the network'-style videos on YouTube, and I'm keen on making one myself for Brisbane. Before I do that however, I need to actually make sure I've got all my network history down pat. I've compiled a list starting with the opening of the Merivale Bridge of any reasonably big infrastructure changes - no minor station rebuilds/upgrades, but otherwise all the duplication, opening, closing, etc. I also included station renaming, as this changes how things appear on the map.

Anyway, here's my best attempt at figuring everything out. Is there anything I'm missing/have gotten wrong?

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1978-11-18: Merivale Bridge opened, services now run to Roma St from south & interstate
1979-11-19: Darra to Ferny Grove electrified
1980-9-20: Darra to Ipswich electrified
1982-3-3: Roma St to Fortitude Valley electrified, via Exhibition
1982-9-18: Bowen Hills to Shorncliffe electrifed (No Boondall)
1982-9-18: Roma St to Kingston electrified
1982-9-25: Lota to Thorneside reopened
1983-4-23: Northgate to Petrie electrifed (No Castledine, Bray Park)
1983-8-15: Park Rd to Thornside electrified (w/ Doboy between Murarrie and Hemmant)
1984-11-3: Corinda to Yeerongpilly electrified
1984-11-3: Kingston to Beenleigh electrified (No Eden's Landing)
1984-11-3: Indooroopilly to Chelmer electrifed
1986-?-?: Eden's Landing station opened on Beenleigh line
1986-?-?: Boondall station opened on Shorncliffe line
1986-?-?: Carseldine & Bray Park stations opened on the Petrie line
1986-6-28: Petrie to Caboolture electrified
1986-7-26: Thorneside line extended to Wellington Point
1987-10-24: Wellington Point extended to Cleveland
1988-2-6: Eagle Junction to Eagle Farm electrified (diesel continued to Pinkenba until Sept. 1993)
1988-4-28: Caboolture to Nambour electrified
1989-2-4: Caboolture to Gympie realigned to Gympie North & electrified. Monkland closed
1989-?-?: Toogoolawah (Brisbane Valley) regional rail line closed to passengers
1993-?-?: Doboy Station on the Cleveland Line closed
1993-?-?: Ipswich to Rosewood electrified
1993-9-27: Entire Pinkenba line closed
1996-2-25: Beenleigh extended to Helensvale
1996-?-?: Roma St to Northgate quad tracked & Roma St rebuilt
1997-5-31: Helensvale extended to Robina
1998-1-27: Doomben line reopened as far as Doomben
2001-4-27: Vulture St renamed South Bank
2001-5-5: Eagle Junction to Airport opened
2008-10-?: Brunswick St renamed to Fortitude Valley
2009-9-13: Robina extended to Varsity Lakes
2011-1-17: Richlands line from Darra to Richlands opened early due to flooding. Scheduled 23 Jan.
2011-6-?: Corinda-Yeerongpilly line via Tennyson closed due to low ridership
2012-?-?: Mitchelton to Ferny Grove duplicated.
2013-12-2: Richlands line extended from Richlands to Springfield Central
2014-7-20: GCLR begins from Broadbeach South to GCUH
2016-10-3: Redcliffe Peninsula line opened from Petrie to Kippa-Ring
2017-12-16: GCLR connects from GCUH to Helensvale


Quote from: Cazza on October 09, 2022, 18:14:51 PMI believe it was just Keperra to Ferny Grove that was duplicated in 2012, the rest had already been done.

Yep, just did some digging and it was Michelton to Keperra Feb 2008, and Keperra-FG 2012. Nice spotting!

Quote from: #Metro on October 09, 2022, 19:08:30 PMHey AOB, were you also intending to include when lines were converted to 15 minute all day frequencies? I think that's important and often overlooked.

That's definitely an important part, if you know when these conversions happened (or know how to find out) I can certainly include it

Quote from: Fares_Fair on October 09, 2022, 22:11:13 PMG'day AOB,

The 14km Caboolture to Beerburrum rail duplication opened on 14 April 2009.
Also new stations were built at Beerburrum and Elimbah as part of the above project.
It was a $298 million contract.

Can't beleive I forgot that!

FG Line https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/on-the-way-off-peak-trains-every-15-minutes-for-some-commuters-20120918-263p6.html

http://brizcommuter.blogspot.com/2012/09/at-last-ferny-grove-gets-15-min-off.html

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/massive-boost-in-frequency-of-southeast-queensland-trains-20140120-313af.html

DAE see the proposal for the Maroon Glider to only use KGS in the southbound direction 

Can you included cancelled projects? Like atp in the suburban area?

Quote from: HappyTrainGuy on October 10, 2022, 14:23:36 PMCan you included cancelled projects? Like atp in the suburban area?

If we included everything promised but not delivered it'd be a 3 part movie trilogy

Quote from: AOB on October 12, 2022, 17:27:58 PM

Quote from: HappyTrainGuy on October 10, 2022, 14:23:36 PMCan you included cancelled projects? Like atp in the suburban area?

If we included everything promised but not delivered it'd be a 3 part movie trilogy

Perhaps it would be worthwhile to include the notable projects which have been shelved, such as possible extensions in the future.