Varsity Lakes railway station
Appearance
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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(s) | Gold Coast | ||||||||||
Distance | 89.40 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Station code | 600247 (platform 1) 600117 (platform 2) | ||||||||||
Fare zone | go card 6 | ||||||||||
Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 13 December 2009 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Varsity Lakes railway station is located on the Gold Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Gold Coast suburb of Varsity Lakes.
History
[edit]Varsity 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
[edit]Varsity Lakes is served by Gold Coast line services to Bowen Hills, Doomben and Brisbane Airport Domestic.[3]
Services by platform
[edit]Platform | Line | Destinations | Notes |
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1 | Gold Coast | Bowen Hills, Doomben & Brisbane Airport Domestic | [4] |
2 | Gold Coast | Bowen Hills, Doomben & Brisbane Airport Domestic | [5] |
Transport links
[edit]Kinetic Group operate five bus routes via Varsity Lakes station:
- 753: Burleigh Heads to Broadbeach South Interchange[6]
- 757: Burleigh Heads to Reedy Creek[7]
- 759: Robina station to Reedy Creek[8]
- 760: Robina station to Tweed Heads via Gold Coast Airport[9]
- 765: The Pines Elanora to Robina Town Centre via Christine Avenue[10]
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.
- ^ Varsity Lakes Platform 1 TransLink
- ^ Varsity Lakes Platform 2 TransLink
- ^ "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
[edit]Media related to Varsity Lakes railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Varsity Lakes station Queensland Rail