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Fortitude Valley Chinatown 華麗區站 中國城
North-east bound view from Platform 2, October 2021
General information
Location	Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
Coordinates	27°27′22″S 153°02′01″E / 27.4560°S 153.0337°E / -27.4560; 153.0337
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	Queensland Rail
Line(s)	North Coast
Distance	1.33 kilometres from Central
Platforms	4 (2 islands)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	600014 (platform 1) 600013 (platform 2) 600010 (platform 3) 600012 (platform 4)
Fare zone	go card 1
Website	Queensland Rail
History
Opened	1 November 1890; 134 years ago (1890-11-01)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Brunswick Street
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Following station CentralContinues as the Gold Coast linetowards Varsity Lakes Airport Line Bowen Hillstowards Domestic Airport Bowen HillsContinues as the Ferny Grove linetowards Ferny Grove Beenleigh Line Centraltowards Beenleigh CentralContinues as the Ipswich & Rosewood linetowards Ipswich or Rosewood Caboolture Line Bowen Hillstowards Caboolture Bowen HillsContinues as the Shorncliffe linetowards Shorncliffe Cleveland Line Centraltowards Cleveland Centraltowards Roma Street Doomben Line Bowen Hillstowards Doomben Central Exhibition LineBi-directional loop Exhibition CentralContinues as the Beenleigh linetowards Beenleigh Ferny Grove Line Bowen Hillstowards Ferny Grove Bowen HillsContinues as the Airport linetowards Domestic Terminal Gold Coast Line Centraltowards Varsity Lakes Bowen HillsContinues as the Caboolture or Sunshine Coast linetowards Caboolture or Nambour Ipswich & Rosewood Line Centraltowards Ipswich or Rosewood CentralContinues as the Springfield linetowards Springfield Central Redcliffe Peninsula Line Bowen Hillstowards Kippa-Ring CentralContinues as the Cleveland linetowards Cleveland Shorncliffe Line Bowen Hillstowards Shorncliffe Bowen HillsContinues as the Redcliffe Peninsula linetowards Kippa-Ring Springfield Line Centraltowards Springfield Central Centraltowards Roma Street Sunshine Coast Line Bowen Hillstowards Nambour or Gympie North

Fortitude Valley railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. Located beneath the Valley Metro complex, it serves the central Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley. The station is one of four inner city stations that form a core corridor through the centre of Brisbane.

Pedestrian access to the station is via two thoroughfares near the corner of Brunswick and Wickham Streets and a pedestrian overpass connecting to McWhirters. There is also a lesser known entrance through the car park at the Northern side of the station, both out to Alfred Street in the West and Alden Street in the east, the latter through a secluded elevator in the eastern side of the car parking complex.

On the Path to the overpass to McWhirters, exists two escalators that lead down to Wickham Street, however due to political issues these escalators are non-functional and are normally closed off with a metal door.

History

The station opened on 1 November 1890 as Brunswick Street with the completion of the railway from Brisbane Central.

In July 2007, an upgrade on the station commenced but being a busy station, only two platforms were able to be upgraded at any one time.

The upgrade was completed in October 2008 with escalators, elevators, new lighting, updated passenger information displays and upgraded flooring. With the upgrade completed, the station was renamed Fortitude Valley.

An upgrade of the Valley Metro Shopping centre (building that exists around the station) commenced in 2017 and has the potential to upgrade the entrances to the station.

Services

Fortitude Valley station is served by all suburban and interurban City network lines. Also see Inner City timetable

Services by platform

References

1. "Cross River Rail Business Case August 2017" (PDF). Government of Queensland. p. 54. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
2. Towards a unified rail system Queensland Rail
3. Fortitude Valley Centre for the Government of Queensland
4. Brunswick Street Station Upgrade Underway Queensland Government 5 June 2007
5. Beautiful Brunswick Street Archived 17 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine 612 ABC Brisbane 31 March 2008
6. Station revamp gives Fortitude Valley new lease on life Queensland Government 10 October 2008
7. All aboard Brisbane's soundwave station Brisbane Times 11 October 2008
8. "Airport/Gold Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
9. "Beenleigh Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
10. "Caboolture Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
11. "Cleveland Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
12. "Ipswich Rosewood Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
13. "Springfield Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
14. "Doomben Line timetable". TransLink. 2 March 2020.
15. "Ferny Grove Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
16. "Shorncliffe Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
17. "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
18. "Inner City timetable" (PDF). Translink. 2 March 2020.
19. ^ Fortitude Valley Platform 1 TransLink
20. ^ Fortitude Valley Platform 2 TransLink
21. ^ Fortitude Valley Platform 3 TransLink
22. ^ Fortitude Valley Platform 4 TransLink

External links

Media related to Fortitude Valley railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Fortitude Valley station Queensland Rail
• Fortitude Valley station Queensland's Railways on the Internet

• North Coast railway line, Queensland
• Railway stations in Australia opened in 1890
• Railway stations in Brisbane
• 1890 establishments in Australia