visited Yeerongpilly station on 4 September 2018.
Yeerongpilly is located on the Beenleigh Line and is served by all train services travelling from Beenleigh and Coopers Plains to Bowen Hills with many continuing to Ferny Grove. Yeerongpilly is located 8.6 km from Roma Street and the approximate travel time is 18 minutes.
Yeerongpilly is situated on the boundary of zones 1 and 2 meaning the fares between Yeerongpilly and Roma Street are:
Yeerongpilly station opened in 1884 as Logan Junction with the opening of the line to Loganlea. It was renamed South Coast Junction in 1885 when the South Coast line opened and again to Yeerongpilly in 1893. In 1893, the line was duplicated from Dutton Park to Yeerongpilly at the same time it was realigned following the 1893 floods. In September 1930, the standard the interstate line opened. The line was duplicated between 1950 and 1952 from Yeerongpilly to Kuraby. On 18 September 1982, the line was electrified from Roma Street to Kingston. In 1996, as part of the construction of the Gold Coast line, the standard gauge was converted to dual gauge. On 25 May 2001, off peak shuttle services ceased on the Yeerongpilly to Corinda line and the line was only used for peak through services, special event services and freight trains. Event services and peak services ceased in 2011. On 29 December 2010, a new footbridge opened over Fairfield Road.
Yeerongpilly station was named after the homonymous suburb of Yeerongpilly which was named after the local aboriginal words ‘yarung’ meaning sandy or gravelly or ‘yurong’ meaning ‘rain’ and ‘pilly’ meaning ‘gully’.
Yeerongpilly station has two platforms consisting of an island platform. Platform 1 is used for outbound services and platform 2 is used for inbound services. To the west of the station is the dual gauge track for services to and from Sydney and the Gold Coast.
Yeerongpilly station has two station entrances. One is from Fairfield Road and one is from Wilkie Street.
Yeerongpilly station does have disability access.
There are bus stops nearby on Wilkie Street and Green Street. The routes that serve Yeerongpilly are routes 104, 105 and 108 which all serve the now closed Tennyson station
Station sign
Platform 2 looking towards Moorooka
View from overpass looking towards Moorooka. Yeerongpilly to Corinda line branches to the right.
IMU 166 departing platform 2 travelling to Brisbane City and Ferny Grove
