I visited Kallangur station on 6 November 2017.
Kallangur station is located on the Redcliffe Peninsula line and is served by train services travelling from Kippa-Ring to Roma Street with many continuing to Springfield Central. Kallangur is located 31 km from Roma Street and the approximate travel time is 44 minutes.
Kallangur station is located in zone 3 meaning that the fares between Kallangur and Roma Street are:
A train line out to Redcliffe was first proposed in 1895 when Hon. Robert Philp, the Queensland Government Minister for Railways considered three proposals with the preferred alignment via the then North Pine station, now Petrie. In the 1970s the route was identified and in the 1980s the corridor was purchased to be preserved for the transport corridor by the Queensland Government.
In 2003 a transport corridor study was completed which provided the foundation for the project design. In July 2010 a funding agreement was signed between the Gillard federal government ($742 million), Bligh state government ($300 million) and the Moreton Bay Regional Council ($105 million). In January 2012 the design of the stations began and in September 2013 pre-construction activities began including boundary fencing, surveying, ecology, utilities and properties.
In early 2014 the construction works began which were completed in March 2015. The overhead wiring was switched on in January 2016 and the testing of the overhead wiring, signalling, tracks and stabling yard began. In May 2016 the Department of Transport and Main Roads advised that the signalling was unsafe and the line's opening was delayed indefinitely by the then Transport Minister, Stirling Hinchliffe. I was finally opened on 3 October 2016 with free shuttle train services running on the line between Kippa-Ring and Petrie on a public open day and the following day regular services travelling into the city began.
Kallangur station was named after the homonymous suburb of Kallangur which comes from the Kabi Aboriginal word kalangoor meaning a goodly or satisfactory place.
Kallangur station has two platforms comprising of two side platforms. Platform 1 is for inbound services and platform 2 is for outbound services.
All access to the station is from Gallipoli Way underneath the station.
Kallangur does have disability access.
There are bus stops outside the station on Gallipoli Way serving nearby suburbs. The routes that serve Kallangur are routes 676, 683, 684 and 685.
The station is elevated above the ground.
Front of station
Platform 2 looking towards Murrumba Downs
Passenger Information Displays at station entrance
Platform 1 looking towards Murrumba Downs with SMU274 travelling to Brisbane City and Ipswich approaching.
