Corinda–Yeerongpilly railway line
Railway line in Brisbane, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Corinda–Yeerongpilly line (also known as the Tennyson line) is a railway line in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It connects the Beenleigh and Ipswich lines for freight trains, but is no longer used for revenue passenger services in normal operation.
Corinda–Yeerongpilly line | |
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Overview | |
Website | queenslandrail.com.au |
Technical | |
Line length | 3.8 km (2.4 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary |
Operating speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
During times of disruption in the inner south of Brisbane, certain services can be maintained by running through this line. For example, if there was a disruption at South Brisbane, Gold Coast services could be maintained by travelling along the line via the Ipswich line to Corinda, then via this line to Yeerongpilly, and then south as per normal along the Beenleigh/Gold Coast line.
The line is a major freight corridor, being the main connection between western Queensland freight lines, the Port of Brisbane and the marshalling yards at Moolabin, Clapham and Acacia Ridge.
Revenue passenger services on the line ceased in June 2011.[1][2] Despite this, the line has continued to be utilised for empty/non-revenue passenger services to perform turn backs and to reposition rolling stock. The line has recently seen greater use due to the construction of the Cross River Rail project, to maintain Beenleigh and Gold Coast services during various track closures beginning in 2023. Such services ran express from either Moorooka or Altandi to Roma Street via the Tennyson Line in both directions.[3]