Pinkenba railway station

Pinkenba railway station was originally the terminus station of the Pinkenba Line, just 9 km (6 mi) from the Brisbane central business district; 14.1 km from Central station by rail. It opened in 1882 and closed in 1993.

History
The Pinkenba line opened on 3 September 1882, and during World War I (1914 to 1918) and World War II (1939 to 1945), troop camps were located in Pinkenba and Meeandah localities because of deep berthing available to ships at Pinkenba on the mouth of the Brisbane River. Passenger ships of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, later P&O, used the adjacent Pinkenba Wharf, and special trains ran from Brisbane to Pinkenba.

On 29 August 1906, a contract was let for refreshment rooms to be constructed at Pinkenba station, at a cost of £318. These operated until the new Pinkenba station – still standing today – opened in 1969.

In 1988 part of the line was electrified, but only as far as Eagle Farm station; diesel-hauled carriages infrequently operated passenger services to Pinkenba. On 27 September 1993, all passenger services on the line were suspended by the Goss Labor Party government as part of a statewide rationalisation of the rail network with the closing or suspending of under-utilised or unprofitable rail lines.

Current status
In the mid-2000s, the Pinkenba railway station area became a rubbish recycling site, with large amounts of dirt dumped over the terminus siding that housed Pinkenba station. The 1969 station building remains, although badly damaged and used as a dumping ground, and the track that connected the station to the Pinkenba Line has been removed. QR still owns the land.

The station building was later removed to a Grainco site. Then circa 2000 the station building was cut in half and removed pending the redevelopment of the site. The right-hand section went to a private home in Shore Street East, in Cleveland and the left-hand section was transferred by ferry to North Stradbroke Island and serves as the ticket office for Stradbroke Ferries.

Replacement bus service
The bus stop for the replacement TransLink bus service (303) is immediately outside Pinkenba station in Eagle Farm Road.