Varsity Lakes railway station
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 the terminus station of 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 the terminus station for Gold Coast line services to and from Bowen Hills, Doomben and Brisbane Airport Domestic.[3]
Services by platform
[edit]| Platform | Line | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
