Caboolture line

The T1 Caboolture line is a suburban commuter railway line in Brisbane, Queensland. Operated by Queensland Rail, the line runs for from Caboolture to Roma Street, where services continue on the Ipswich/Rosewood line.

History

The first section of the line, to Northgate (and to Shorncliffe via the Shorncliffe line) opened in 1882. In 1883 the Queensland Government decided to link Gladstone to Brisbane by railway, and eventually decided upon Northgate as the junction for the new line.Kerr, J. 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge' Boolarong publications 1990

The alignment from Roma Street to Bowen Hills was via Normanby (today known as the Exhibition line), and this remained the case until the dual track line via Central opened in 1890.

The Queensland Government called tenders for construction of the new Caboolture line in 1886, with the contractor undertaking works "energetically",Kerr, J. 'Brunswick St, Bowen Hills & Beyond' ARHS 1988 and despite delays due to the late arrival of bridge beams, the line was unofficially opened on 11 June 1888, with the official opening on 16 June 1888.The coming of the Queensland Railways J. R. Henley. Retrieved 5 June 2011 The next section of the North Coast line to Landsborough opened in 1890.

The section from Bowen Hills to Eagle Junction was duplicated in 1886, with the section to Northgate duplicated in 1890, and on to Caboolture by 1917.

The section from Roma Street to Bowen Hills was electrified in 1979, to Northgate in 1982, to Petrie in 1983 and to Caboolture in 1986.

The growth in patronage as a result of electrification resulted in the quadruplication of the Roma Street–Northgate section in 1996, including two pairs of single-track tunnels and the realisation of the use of the Bowen Hills tunnel widened 20 years earlier. Some of the roadbed and bridge abutments had been built in the 1950s before the original quadruplication scheme was abandoned. A third line has been added as far as Lawnton, which has been extended to Petrie as part of the Redcliffe Peninsula line, which opened on 4 October 2016. Following the opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula line, a decision was made that all services on the Caboolture line would run express between Petrie and Bowen Hills, stopping only at Northgate and Eagle Junction. Stations between Petrie and Northgate would be serviced by the new Redcliffe Peninsula services while stations between Northgate and Bowen Hills would continue to be serviced by other existing services.

On 10 August 2026, the Caboolture line was numbered T1 (along with the Ipswich/Rosewood and Nambour/Gympie North lines) by Translink.

Network and operations All trains run express between Petrie and Bowen Hills, stopping only at Northgate and Eagle Junction. The typical travel time between Caboolture and Brisbane City is approximately 51 minutes (to Central). A few services that originate or continue to Gympie North on the Nambour/Gympie North line skip stations between Caboolture and Bowen Hills stopping only at Petrie and Northgate.

During the off-peak, services generally continue to Ipswich railway station on the Ipswich and Rosewood line.

Passengers for/from the T1 change at Petrie or Northgate, T2 at Petrie, T4 at Northgate, T5 and T3 at Eagle Junction, T5 line change at Bowen Hills, and all other lines at Central.

Stations + T1 Caboolture line Station Image Suburb Opened Grade Connections TimeContinues from T1 Ipswich/Rosewood line Roma Street Brisbane CBD Ground 0 Central Brisbane CBD Built over 2 Fortitude Valley Fortitude Valley Underground 6 Bowen Hills Bowen Hills Ground level 8 Eagle Junction Clayfield Ground level 13 Northgate Northgate Ground level 17 Petrie Petrie Ground level 33 Dakabin Kurwongbah Ground level 37 Narangba Narangba Ground level 40 Burpengary Burpengary Ground level 45 Morayfield Morayfield Ground level 49 Caboolture Caboolture Ground level 53Continues to T1 Nambour/Gympie North line

Caboolture line

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