Boggo Road railway station
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Location | Boggo Road, Dutton Park | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Cross River Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
Depth | 19m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Under construction | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | Go card zone 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www.crossriverrail.qld.gov.au | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 2026 (scheduled) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Boggo Road railway station is a railway station currently under construction as part of the Cross River Rail project in the Brisbane suburb of Dutton Park in Queensland, Australia. It is planned for a health, science and knowledge cluster and mixed-use precinct to develop around the station.[1] It is expected to provide facilities to 23,000 people each weekday, making it the second busiest station in the state.[2]
To be built as an underground station, it will consist of two platforms with connections to the existing Park Road station and Boggo Road busway station, both of which will be renamed and merged with the new underground station to be known by one name, Boggo Road Station.[3] Construction commenced in September 2019, with it scheduled to open in 2026.[4] The platforms are positioned 19 metres below ground.[5]
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The station will provide pedestrian access between the Princess Alexandra Hospital and the Boggo Road Precinct, currently separated by road and rail infrastructure. This will be provided via a 480-metre-long pedestrian and cycle bridge.[6]
Construction
[edit]Because of the fractured ground conditions the station was constructed using a combination of open box and cavern construction.[5] Roadheaders excavating the tunnel from Woolloongabba railway station reached the cavern in September 2021.[7] 17,000 tonnes of concrete and 16,000 tonnes of steel were used during construction.[2]
After an incident at the station construction site in July 2023, workers put down tools and marched through the streets of Brisbane raising safety concerns.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cross River Rail Business Case August 2017" (PDF). Government of Queensland. pp. 136, 137. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ a b Chan, Ray (6 July 2022). "CRR's Boggo Road underground station takes shape". railexpress. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Boggo Road Station Cross River Rail
- ^ Moore, Tony (1 April 2023). "Bailey defends $960 million Cross River Rail cost blowout, delays". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ a b Claire Smith (6 October 2021). "Future of Tunnelling: Using caverns to minimise tunnelling disruption in Brisbane". EMAP Publishing. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Chan, Ray (12 October 2022). "Name sought for landmark Cross River Rail bridge". RailExpress. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ Roadheaders break through at Boggo Road. Cross River Rail. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ O'Flaherty, Antonia; Roberts, George (27 July 2023). "Son of man critically injured in Brisbane Cross River Rail construction site fall saw it happen, says CFMEU". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 July 2023.