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Moorooka
Northbound view from the platform in July 2012
General information
Location	Ipswich Road, Moorooka
Coordinates	27°32′09″S 153°00′50″E / 27.5357°S 153.0140°E / -27.5357; 153.0140
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	Queensland Rail
Line(s)	Beenleigh
Distance	10.55 kilometres from Central
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	18 bays
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed morning peak
Station code	600197 (platform 1) 600198 (platform 2)
Fare zone	go card 2
Website	Translink
History
Opened	1887
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Following station Yeerongpillytowards Bowen Hills Beenleigh Line Rockleatowards Beenleigh

Moorooka railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Brisbane suburb of Moorooka. The station opened in 1887.

To the west of the station lies the NSW North Coast dual gauge line primarily used by Gold Coast, NSW TrainLink XPT and freight services, and the Clapham freight yard.

In 1996, as part of the construction of the Gold Coast line, the standard gauge line was converted to dual gauge.

Moorooka passenger station is opposite the Clapham goods railway station.

Moorooka Station will close sometime in 2025 for a major accessibility upgrade as part of the Cross River Rail project. The upgrades include a third platform, new station buildings, an upgraded overpass with lifts to all platforms and the station entrance for the station to be fully accessible, and other facilities.

Services

Moorooka station is served by all stops Beenleigh line services from Beenleigh, Kuraby and Coopers Plains to Bowen Hills and Ferny Grove.

Services by platform

Diagram

• Moorooka station and Clapham goods

References

1. "Queensland Places – Mooorooka". Centre for the Government of Queensland. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
2. Clapham – Yeerongpilly Archived 26 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine SA Track & Signal
3. Million dollar homes in the firing line Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Brisbane Times 15 September 2010
4. "Yeerongpilly – Salisbury Third Road" Railway Digest August 1996 page 11
5. "Moorooka Station". Cross River Rail. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
6. "Beenleigh Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
7. Moorooka Platform 1 TransLink
8. Moorooka Platform 2 TransLink

External links

• Media related to Moorooka railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Moorooka station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
• Moorooka station Translink travel information

• Railway stations in Brisbane
• Railway stations in Australia opened in 1887
• Moorooka, Queensland