Ascot railway station, Brisbane

Citytrain Station
station_name=Ascot

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region=Brisbane North
servicearea1=Doomben
IB1=Hendra
OB1=Doomben
street=McGill Avenue
suburb=Ascot
zone=2
distance=8.9
platforms=2
platform_arch=2 side platforms
access=Overbridge
trainconnect=No
busconnect=Yes
tvm=Yes
disability=No
facilities= [http://www.citytrain.com.au/stations/station_details/ascot.asp Link]
brisway=http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd_new/genmap.cgi?x=153.0638&y=-27.4299&sizex=650&sizey=650&level=6&star=1

Ascot railway station is a railway station on the Doomben line in Ascot, a northern suburb of Brisbane, state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the QR Citytrain network, in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.

Ascot railway station is adjacent to the Eagle Farm Racecourse.

History

The Doomben railway line through Ascot station was electrified in 1988. All passenger services on the line were suspended in September 1993 by a Goss Labor Party government as part of a state-wide rationalisation of the rail network with the closing or suspending of under-utilised or unprofitable rail lines. Only on days of major race events at nearby race tracks did few special services run on the line, and only to adjoining stations of Ascot and Doomben.

On 27 January 1998, electric passenger services resumed under a Borbidge National Party government, but only as far as Doomben, [cite press release | title = Doomben Rail Service Resume January 27 | publisher = Queensland Government | date = 1998-01-21 | url = http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=5094 | accessdate = 2007-11-22 ] with bus connections to the other abandoned stations.

ervices by platform

Platform 1
*Doomben Line – all stations services to Doomben
*Cleveland Line – all stations and peak hour express services to Cleveland

Platform 2
*Not in use

=TransLink bus routes servicing Ascot=

*TL Route Display | 300
*TL Route Display | 303
*TL Route Display | 304

References

External links

* [http://www.transinfo.com.au TransInfo]
* [http://www.citytrain.com.au Citytrain]
* [http://qroti.com/placeinfo/qld/rail/ascot/ Ascot Station at QROTI]