Petrie is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Caboolture, Redcliffe Peninsula and Sunshine Coast lines. It opened in 1888 as North Pine and serves the Moreton Bay suburb of Petrie. It is a ground level station, featuring two island platforms with two faces each and one side platform.
The station was renamed in July 1911 following the death of local pioneer Thomas Petrie.
As part of the Redcliffe Peninsula line, the station was expanded with a new island platform built east of the existing platforms.Moreton Bay Rail Link Railway Technology"Non-Express Delivery: The Moreton Bay Rail Link" Railway Digest October 2013 page 26 It opened along with the rest of the line on 4 October 2016.Redcliffe Peninsula Line opens in Brisbane Railway Gazette International 4 October 2016 As part of the project, a third track was added south of the station to Lawnton.Lawnton to Petrie upgrade project Department of Transport & Main Roads North of the station, the Redcliffe Peninsula line branches off.
Services Petrie is served by all City network services from Gympie North, Nambour, Caboolture & Kippa-Ring to Brisbane, many continuing to Ipswich, Rosewood and Springfield Central.
Services by platform Petrie platform arrangementPlatformLinesDestinationsNotes1Used as bypass track for northbound express services2CabooltureNambour & Gympie North3Kippa-Ring4Roma Street, Springfield Central, Ipswich & RosewoodRoma Street, Springfield Central & Ipswich5Roma Street, Springfield Central & Ipswich
Transport links Prior to the October 2016 opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula line, Petrie station was served by 10 bus routes connecting it to nearby suburbs, but after the opening only two remain.
Hornibrook Bus Lines operate two bus routes via Petrie station: 680: Redcliffe to Westfield Chermside 686: to Frenchs Forest
References
External links
Petrie station Queensland Rail Petrie station Queensland's Railways on the Internet