Pimpama is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Gold Coast line. It opened on 20 October 2025 and serves the Gold Coast suburb of Pimpama. It is a ground level station, featuring an island platform with two faces.
Pimpama | |||||||||||
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 Main entrance to Pimpama Station in August 2025 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Old Pacific Highway, Pimpama | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°48′58″S 153°17′49″E / 27.816°S 153.297°E | ||||||||||
| Line | Gold Coast | ||||||||||
| Distance | 54.9 km | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 230 (initially) | ||||||||||
| Cycle facilities | 40 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | complete | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 4 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opening | 20 October 2025 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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History
editThe Gold Coast railway line opened in stages from 1996 to 2009. During its construction, provisions were made for a future station at Pimpama however due to low development in the area at the time, the station was never built when the original alignment opened.
In November 2017, the Queensland Government committed to building three new in-fill stations on the Gold Coast Line as part of the AU$5.4 billion Cross River Rail project: Pimpama, Hope Island and Merrimac.[1] The Pimpama site was chosen in order to accommodate growing population in the region, and to alleviate pressure on the nearby Ormeau and Coomera railway stations.[2]
ADCO Constructions was contracted to design and build the station.[3] Construction began in late 2022,[4] with "major works" having begun by January 2023.[3] The station opened on 20 October 2025.[5][6]
Services
editPimpama is served by Gold Coast line services from Varsity Lakes to Bowen Hills, Doomben and Brisbane Domestic Airport.[7]
Platforms and services
edit| Pimpama platform arrangement | |||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
| 1 | Gold Coast | Varsity Lakes | |
| 2 | Gold Coast | Roma Street (to Airport line) | |
References
edit- ↑ McCosker, Ruth (17 November 2017). "Labor all aboard for three new rail stations but Cross River Rail comes first". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ↑ "Pimpama: New Gold Coast station" (PDF). Cross River Rail. 9 October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- 1 2 Chan, Ray (13 January 2023). "ADCO to build Pimpama train station". Rail Express. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ↑ Farrell, Joshua (28 February 2024). "Final design for new Pimpama train station". Rail Express. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ↑ Masters, Rebecca (13 October 2025). "First new train station in almost a decade to open on Gold Coast next week". Nine News. Archived from the original on 26 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ↑ Potts, Andrew; Weston, Paul (20 October 2025). "Pimpama's new $500m train station opens on Gold Coast with Hope Island and Merrimac to follow". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
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