The T6 Ferny Grove line is a suburban commuter railway line in Brisbane, Queensland. Operated by Queensland Rail, the line runs for from Ferny Grove to Roma Street, where services continue on the Beenleigh line.
History
Based on initial surveys, in 1885 the Queensland Government planned to construct a railway line to Samford with the intention of extending it to Gympie. However, no immediate action was taken and further surveys resulted in the decision to construct the line to Gympie via the Mayne railway station (Bowen Hills) which created the North Coast railway line.
The relocation of Brisbane's cattle sales yard from Normanby to Newmarket created a need to provide a railway to Newmarket. With financial guarantees provided by the Windsor Shire Council and the Enoggera Divisional Board, the Queensland Railways built a branch line from Mayne railway station (Bowen Hills) to Newmarket railway station to service the cattle yards and beyond to Enoggera railway station for suburban passenger services. This line opened on 5 February 1899. The suburban service to Enoggera was not very profitable and the Queensland Government resisted any efforts to extend the Brisbane tramway services to Enoggera to avoid further competition.
With the financial assistance of the Australian Defence Department, the line was extended to Rifle Range railway station (now called Gaythorne railway station) on 16 February 1916. The line was extended to Mitchelton railway station on 2 March 1918. The line was extended to Samford railway station on 1 July 1918, to Samsonvale railway station (3 March 1919), to Kobble railway station (3 November 1919) and finally to Dayboro railway station on 25 September 1920. The additional traffic on the line led to its duplication to Newmarket in 1921. The sales yards were moved to Cannon Hill in 1931.
On 5 May 1947, a packed excursion train derailed at Camp Mountain, after Ferny Grove railway station, in what is Queensland's worst rail tragedy, the Camp Mountain train disaster.
The line was duplicated to Mitchelton in 1953, and the first automatic level crossing boom gates in Queensland were installed at Wilston Road, Newmarket in 1954.Kerr, J. 'Brunswick St, Bowen Hills & Beyond' ARHS 1988
The line was closed beyond Ferny Grove after 30 June 1955 after the freight traffic was lost to road transport. Ferny Grove was initially known as Ferny Flats, but the railway department changed the name of the railway station because of a Ferny Flats in New South Wales; the surrounding area followed suit.
Between 2008 and 2012 the remaining single track section between Mitchelton and Ferny Grove was duplicated, including an upgraded Ferny Grove station, an additional 1000 car parking spaces and construction of a new bus interchange.
On 10 August 2026, the Ferny Grove line was numbered T6 (along with the Beenleigh line) by Translink.
Frequency and services Typical service frequency on the Ferny Grove Line is four trains per hour (every 15 minutes) on weekdays and two trains per hour (every 30 minutes) at night and on weekends, increasing to 8 trains per hour (every 7.5 minutes) during weekday peak times for faster travel times for commuters working in the Brisbane central business district. Most services stop at all stations to Roma Street railway station. The typical travel time between Ferny Grove and Brisbane City is approximately 31 minutes (to Central).
Ferny Grove line services typically continue as Beenleigh line services.
Passengers for and from the Airport, Caboolture, Doomben, Nambour and Gympie North, Redcliffe Peninsula and Shorncliffe lines change at Bowen Hills, and all other lines at Roma Street.
Stations + T6 Ferny Grove line Station Image Suburb Opened Terrain Connections TimeContinues from T6 Beenleigh line Roma Street Brisbane CBD Ground 0 Central Brisbane CBD Built over 2 Fortitude Valley Fortitude Valley Underground 6 Bowen Hills Bowen Hills Ground 9 Windsor Windsor Ground 13 Wilston Wilston Ground 15 Newmarket Newmarket Ground 17 Alderley Alderley Ground 19 Enoggera Enoggera Ground 21 Gaythorne Gaythorne Ground 23 Mitchelton Mitchelton Ground 25 Oxford Park Mitchelton Ground 27 Grovely Keperra Ground 29 Keperra Keperra Ground 31 Ferny Grove Ferny Grove Ground 35
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