Varsity Lakes railway station
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Varsity Lakes is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail, which serves as the terminus of the Gold Coast line. It opened on 13 December 2009 and serves the Gold Coast suburb of Varsity Lakes. It is a ground level station, featuring an island platform with two faces.
Varsity Lakes | |||||||||||
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 Station entrance in December 2016 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Scottsdale Drive & Cormandel Lane, Varsity Lakes | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°05′49″S 153°23′58″E / 28.09694°S 153.39944°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| Line | Gold Coast | ||||||||||
| Distance | 89.40 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Cycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | 600247 (platform 1) 600117 (platform 2) | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 6 | ||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 13 December 2009 | ||||||||||
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History
editVarsity Lakes station opened on 13 December 2009 as the terminal station of the Gold Coast line when it was extended from Robina.[1]
Construction work on the four kilometre line extension from Robina commenced in late July 2007.[2]
Services
editVarsity Lakes is the terminus station for Gold Coast line services to and from Bowen Hills, Doomben and Brisbane Airport Domestic.[3]
Platforms and services
edit| Varsity Lakes platform arrangement | |||
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| Platform | Line | Destination | Notes |
| 1 | Gold Coast | Roma Street (to Airport line) | |
| 2 | Gold Coast | Roma Street (to Airport line) | |
Transport links
editKinetic Gold Coast operate five bus routes via Varsity Lakes station:
- 753: Burleigh Heads to Broadbeach South Interchange[4]
- 757: Burleigh Heads to Reedy Creek[5]
- 759: Robina station to Reedy Creek[6]
- 760: Robina station to Tweed Heads via Gold Coast Airport[7]
- 765: The Pines Elanora to Robina Town Centre via Christine Avenue[8]
References
edit- ↑ Robina-Varsity Lakes rail extension state's most expensive The Courier-Mail 14 December 2009
- ↑ State government makes tracks from Robina to Varsity Lakes Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Government 10 July 2007
- ↑ "Airport/Gold Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Route 753 timetable". Translink.
- ↑ "Route 757 timetable". Translink.
- ↑ "Route 759 timetable". Translink.
- ↑ "Route 760 timetable". Translink.
- ↑ "Route 765 timetable". TransLink. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020.
External links
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Media related to Varsity Lakes railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Varsity Lakes station Queensland Rail
