SEQ Train Blog - Murrumba Downs

I visited Murrumba Downs station on 11 November 2017.

Services

Murrumba Downs station is located on the Redcliffe Peninsula line and is served by all train services travelling between Kippa-Ring and Roma Street with many continuing to Springfield Central. Murrumba Downs station is located 32.2 km from Roma Street and the approximate travel time is 48 minutes.

Fares

Murrumba Downs is located in zone 3 meaning that the fares between Murrumba Downs 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. 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.

Murrumba Downs station was named after the homonymous suburb of Murrumba Downs which was named after early settler Tom Petrie’s property ‘Murrumba’ which was named after the local aboriginal word for ‘good place’.

Platforms

Murrumba Downs station has two platforms comprising of two side platforms. Platform 1 is for inbound services while platform 2 is for outbound services.