SEQ Train Blog - Kippa-Ring

I visited Kippa-Ring station on 9 September 2017.

Services

It is located on the Redcliffe Peninsula line and is served by train services travelling to Roma Street with many continuing to Springfield Central and it is the terminus station along the Redcliffe Peninsula line. Kippa-Ring station is located 40.9 km from Roma Street and the approximate travel time is 59 minutes.

Fares

Kippa-Ring is located in zone three meaning that the fares between Kippa-Ring and Roma Street are:

Fares: Zone 3 to Roma Street

History

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. It 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.

Kippa-Ring station was named after the homonymous suburb of Kippa-Ring which is a combination of the Kabi aboriginal word kippa which means a young initiated man and ring is a reference to a bora ring which is a site where an initiation is performed.

Platforms

Kippa-Ring station has two platforms comprising of an island platform.

Access

Kippa-Ring station has one station entrance on the corner of Hindmarsh Street and Anzac Avenue.

Kippa-Ring station does have disability access.

Bus connections

There are bus stops outside the station on Hindmarsh Street serving nearby suburbs. The routes that serve Kippa-Ring station are 660, 680, 690, 694, 696, 698 and 699.