Very much enjoyed this! Nicely put together and edited. Maybe experiment a bit with your audio as you talk very quickly and what with the occasional audio distortion, it was sometimes hard to know what you were saying.
Glad you enjoyed it, I watch your videos from time to time so its a pleasure seeing someone like yourself watching my videos! Keep up the good work. But yeah Ill definitely need to invest in a better mic for future releases.
Unfortunately the Doomben line is a whole bucket of problems. If Translink does any upgrade work to any station, they are obliged under DDA to bring the whole station up to code. That means raising the platforms and moving them closer to the trains, putting in PWD toilets, PWD carparks, lifts, new overpasses etc. Given how minimal the existing stations are, this means a knock down rebuild of all the stations. This is a legal obligation, and not something that can be ignored. Ascot station is heritage listed, which makes a knock down rebuild hard. Also the turf club owns half the station, which makes it harder again. These are likewise legal impediments that can't be ignored. The underpass at Sandgate Rd is apparently too small and would need to be rebuilt to carry double tracks suitable for the current fleet of trains. Again, safety isn't something the can just be hand waved. Whilst the corridor is two tracks wide, the existing tracks wander from side to side of the corridor, so about three quarters of the existing track and electric overhead would need to be demolished and moved. And there's two level crossings that would need to be rebuilt, which would (at the very least) come with community pressure for level crossing removal. Altogether, duplicating the Doomben line probably runs $700m. Which isn't cheap. Extending to Hamilton is maybe another $150m. The big problem though is how indirect the line is. From Central, a future Hamilton station would be about 11.5km. On foot, it's only 6km. A list of the fastest ways to get to Hamilton would be driving, bus, bike, jogging, and slower than all of them, the train. That's why the Doomben line hasn't been improved. Because spending nearly a billion dollars to be slower than jogging just isn't good value for money.
It not owned by TransLink, it is Queensland Rail (QR). Any work will have be done through QR. TransLink look after fares, they have no control over the railway network Secondly: the assumption that at Ascot Railway Station is half owned by the Racecourse is false. The station is heritage listed, and is owned by QR. We have been part of a long standing project to restore the station. Thirdly; the Under-bridge at Sandgate Road at Clayfield was rebuilt in 1979 with the loading gauge for overhead wires, and again in 1987 to take clearances for double track but was cancelled due to budget constraints. It was designed to do such in 1962-1963. ~Railway Preservation Society Of Queensland~
its so stupid how they have to install car parks, like honestly, with how close the stations are, making the surrounds more accessible would mean disabled people wouldnt need to drive
carparks are require?!?! that's actually crazy especially if they where to build a station in a higher density area like Hamilton. I live on the Gold Coast and the worst part about taking the train down here apart from the 30 minutes frequencies is needing to walk through massively oversized carparks to get to the station because the Gold Coast doesn't give any better ways to get to the station if your not lucky enough to live on the singular tram line
The Doomben line is heritage listed. So it can't just be "Upgraded". Also fun fact, Drivers need an extra certification for the semaphore signalling to be allowed to drive on it.
Ah the memories. I spent 1985 doing a Pre-Voc course at Eagle Farm TAFE. We used to use Airport Station most of the time because it was 10 metres closer to the TAFE than Doomben Station. There were some days that we had to go to Doomben because the old Red Rattlers didn't go any further. If I was running late from Petrie Station and missed the Eagle Farm connection, I used to walk to TAFE from Toombul Station following a fair bit of the train line. We did catch the train to Pinkenba a couple of times if we got out early and the train was heading west, that way we were guaranteed seats for the normal 5km part of the journey to Eagle Junction. lol
Great video, fellas. The Pinkenba line was always a source of fascination for me and it's good someone such as yourselves have gone and documented it. Looking forward to seeing more of your content.
Well done gentlemen. Interesting piece of Brisbane history. Well researched. Considering how infrequent the trains are, you did well to get so many trains running on the line. Good advocacy for more public transport. And it was pleasing to see a cyclist using one of the paths next to a station.
Great stuff, fellas. I'm here after your most recent post of Brisbane's ghost stations. Keep up the great work. I very much appreciate your research and presentation. Awesome . Take care, lads, be safe 👍🏽.
Cool video, lads. Kinda fun fact; the Doomben line and Pinkenba loop were actually used for freight trains at the end of 2023 when they were doing the upgrades at the Breakfast Creek bridge for CRR.
Wow there's a memory , I lived in one of the Army Homes next to the Meeandah Station in the Early to mid Seventies , I still recall taking the train from that Station to Brisbane Central and the Ekka
I grew up in Ascot and remember the antique sophomore signals still in use. I really hope the line isnt converted into a busway cause it is an intangible part of Brisbanes history
@BigBlueMan118 It could definitely use some work mainly completing the duplication but ripping up the rails and overhead wires only to make a busway would cost more and be a wasted opportunity. More frequent services including charted services for the races would definitely help as well
@@dalfin9286 I am not so sure - both have merit, I'm not particularly convinced either way but the answer of doing nothing is no option either. Full duplication would be quite expensive, a partial duplication would be unreliable even at only a 15min frequency, this line takes capacity away from busier rail lines, the line has a flat junction with the main line at an awkward spot, and there are a number of level crossings too, plus it is more expensive to operate than a busway would be at the kinds of passenger numbers it has, and I*m not so sure the journey time leaving it as rail is as fast as busway conversion with a new connection into the CBD via Kingsford-Smith could be.
Great video. Keep up the good work. I rode the line from Doomben a few weeks ago, changed at Eagle Junction and went right through to Nerang. I visit Brisbane from Sydney often, love the trains, but they are slow through the CBD.
Nice video man! Love learning more about my local area of Brisbane and its history. Adding the fact that an old passion of mine were trains, it made me even more invested in the video. Keep up the great work!
Greatly enjoyed the video and history of the line. Can remember using this line to get to the Eagle Farm TAFE College many years ago. A couple of little criticisms. Whinstanes does not have an "e" after the "n", so has no relationship with that great liquid that comes in a bottle and Pinkenba is pronounced as if it has either a double "a" or an "h" on the end. Keep up the good work.
I have a very fine memory of the Pinkenba Line as well as the road beyond Pinkenba Station which ends up at the shit shute of Luggage Point. The Original Pinkenba Station became a railway siding for Mayne Grain (A division of Mayne Nickless). Meeandah was a siding for James Hardies Group. Bunour Station was the sliding for the 8th batallion stores and barracks now the Brisbane Immigration Centre for Brisbane Airport. Old Eagle Farm station was on the corner of Schneider Road and Want St was stopped by the railway line and was the siding for Ford Australia Queensland factory with an overpass into a new industrial estate in the old airport. Airport station (new Eagle Farm station ) was a sliding for the Queensland Cotton Marketing Board as well as Golden Fleece petroleum.
Good job guys. I've subscribed so I can enjoy your next efforts. Good to see a couple of young, cool-looking dudes taking an interest in history. Keep it going!
I like your idea of extending the line to Hamilton. There is enough abandoned industrial land there to not extend all the way east to the area currently occupied by eat street.
The Pinkenba corridor has to be the strangest one in Brisbane. But much of that fascinating area has disappeared under the airport. Hardly anyone remembers the remote and unusual suburb of Cribb Island now. Cheers.
I used to work as a civvy for Dept. Of Defence 1996-2011 mate at Meeandah. That station was closed before i started but it used to be popular in the day i was told. Thanks fellas
6:20 if I’m not mistaken, i think there might be some of the old QR logos left at a now disused part of what used to be called Brunswick st station (now fortitude valley station)
I used to work at the airport and always wondered where exactly the old airport terminals used to be, and where the line used to run to. There was still some of the sidings behind the warehouses on Kingsford Smith Drive up until a few years ago, but as you showed the crossing to the wharves was torn up. Nice info, thanks guys!
I worked at Pinkenba from 2014 to 2022, the public transport was basically non existent. one bus route that hardly ran. They could do worse than reopen the line and build some high density housing out at Pinkenba, very close to the city and basically undeveloped.
Maje the line light rail to allow for street running through the Athletes village and go over the top of Eagle Junction station to continue onto Stafford and Everton Park. Eagle Junction wins TOD as an interchange, and Stafford gets some relief from traffic jams, Etc. Leveraging Japanese designs, even the rails can be left as is, although voltage will need changing
Before Clayfield came Albion station where I grew up in the 50's, sad you didn't cover this one, where once stood a huge Flour Mill near Hudson Road. Steam and diesel trains were in operation at that time, house exteriors were by default dirty from the soot given off from these two dinosaurs. I could write a book on these lines and forgive my correction, but Whinstanes at that time was pronounced Win-stains. I see the accumulated waste with all these abandoned stations, the tracks themselves must hold a fortune in scrap metal, but as a country with a very low understanding/comprehension of recycling, I guess it's on the todo list, right! PS. Thank for the memory.
At the end of its life, Pinkenba only had a couple of trains a day, so surprisingly, the replacement bus service is more regular than the train used to be. I lived in Pinkenba back in the early 90's, so the state of public transport meant I got a motorbike pretty quickly...
I used to work at Eagle Farm in the mid-eighties and caught the train. The line was already neglected back then, they used the crappiest rolling stock on it, the old red rattler carriages.
when the line was electrified certain trains went to 'eagle farm' (formerly 'airport' station) about the incomplete earthwork -as mentioned this was part of an upgrade, but it was a network wide upgrade. this is mostly evident on the petrie and ipswich lines, where road overpasses, and rail bridge foundations were built to a 4 track standard. the only part of those woeks to be commisioned were roma st to corinda. all other works were abandoned due to a change of government. even uncompleted works were removed for example the toombul bridges which were reinstalled with later multi tracking works, triple line around 1980, and quad line around 2000
The Steam trains used to be run by the Australian Railway Historical Society.. and they had their meeting room at Auchenflower Bowls Club..I was the first female Vice President..which allowed me to help organise trips to various trips from Toowoomba right up to taking the Troop Tain to Townsville for the celebration..My father was a fitter and turner and used to volunteer working on C17..BB18 1/4 and the Blue Baby…just to name a few…we also went on The Flying Scotsman when it came to Brisbane..we went on a trip where the gauge changed from Queensland to NSW gauge to ride on the NSW 3801. There was a rival society called Sunsteam and several volunteers worked for both until our membership officer Ken Biggs (a bridge at Lota is named after him which Paul Lucas opened in his honour) got upset and a meeting was called to discuss why these few volunteers worked for both societies…just because they enjoyed working with the engines..that’s when I decided to give it away when someone’s loyalty is questioned over the enjoy of volunteering is questioned that benefit all.
Recent yrs Industry has expanded dramatically in Pinkenba, makes sense to reopen the line, especially servicing workers. On note of the shuttle service to Pinkenba, recently seen Seafarers & foreign Navy Sailors waiting for the bus on that’ll never happen on weekends along upper end of Kingford smith drive - Poor Buggers !
I really enjoyed this video Guys, Great pacing, and I really loved the script under the foot, Great Idea. I last caught a train down the the Pink in 1974, to go fishing one Saturday with some mates from school. Keep it up, looking forward to the next project..
The problem with the doomben line from a network perspective are the crossing conflicts at eagle junction and the lack of paths into the city. I’d like to see the doomben line converted to light rail and extending to Hamilton and the airport using the line as the central spine. Think dlr
Platform 2 at doomben is closed. but about 6 months ago for some train delay related reasons i actually got on from platform 2 (only time ive ever seen it used). which was annoying in the end as the train being on the wrong platform threw me so much i forgot to touch on until it was too late to cross to platform 1 and back again to touch on.
Great Vid Guys; My father was the Goods Master for QR Freight at Whinstanes-Doomben as it was called back in the early 80s. He retired in 1984. That station was the goods clearing station from the River freight. Just a note on pronunciation; its Pinken Bar and Whin Stains.
I love how he keeps saying, this is where it gets interesting! To then talk about something most people would not agree is interesting at all. But it was to me 😂
I've been a train enthusiast for many years and found this video to be fascinating @transitchat ... many thanks and more please. Very well researched and shot with archival images. And you're right: Northshore/Hamilton is in dire need of new public transport infrastructure. Do you think it's more or less likely now with the change of government?
Glad you enjoyed the video. I would say with the change of government its probably less likely as Labour tends to like public transport infrastructure a bit more than the LNP, but we cant say anything for certain. The LNP promised to increase public transport service in the outer regions of Brisbane and do a review of the Sunny Coast rail (lets hope they extend it further to the centre of the Sunny coast) so I am optimistic to see where this leads.
6:49 "stone masonry on the sides". I don't know where I was meant to be looking. The grey rectangular things that are in the centre of the shot are cable trough
I used to drive trucks to the tip in pinkenba around 2016. There was a building at the site of the tip that always looked abandoned. It looked a lot like some of the shots of the pinkenba station you showed in this video so I think that might have been it. I always wondered why that building was there. The Wikipedia article for the pinkenba station seems to confirm this, and says that it was demolished in 2017.
And to think that Pinkenba served as the Disembarking point for the New Beyer-Garrat articulated locomotives ( BG 13 1/4)...Pinkenba had the only High Capacity Wharf Cranes to handle the Three Secions of the BGs. Eventually the Bulk Sugar and Grain Terminals shifted to Southern Fishermans Island Reclamation for bigger Bulk Coal Carriers and Container Ships..and also the Standard Gauge port link..... Residential development on the North Bank Line for Pinkenba will be its salvation...
Meeandah Station, what a great name! Meandering to Meeandah- i love interesting train station names. This would explain why I am still very salty that the new Albert Street station was not named Frog's Hollow :( :(. Actually on that line, I would definitely recommend adding a station for the Athlete's Village in 2032, but even extending it to the Cruise Terminal, which is absolutely abysmal to get to!
Might be worth reopening the Pinkenba line for the cruise ship terminal or at least convert that section to bus way as well. But I do agree that a train station servicing the Hamilton apartment area is a necessity. I wonder if it will take as long to come to fruition as the Redcliffe Line
I say they redevelop the areas around the cruise terminal, at the moment the areas around there are very unappealing to travelers and tourists and the redevelopment could be justification for some sort of public transport project.
Great video. Please consider upgrading your audio recording equipment or recording the Voice Overs out of the wind (the intro quality was not ideal). I subscribed and look forward to more from you.
Gret job mate! Ive been hoping they extend the line to the athletes at Northshore Hamilton and extend the metro that way too. The usual bus takes forever into the city from Hamilton!
Great video guys. Can you please do one for the Dayboro Line? That would be very interesting, especially considering the fatal Samford Valley crash occurred on it
Well done on your presentation . Even better if it could be looped to provide services to the SE of the air port maintenance & logistics. Maybe the next task is to find out why the bike track on he north side keeps getting its extensions sabotaged?
Very much enjoyed this! Nicely put together and edited. Maybe experiment a bit with your audio as you talk very quickly and what with the occasional audio distortion, it was sometimes hard to know what you were saying.
Glad you enjoyed it, I watch your videos from time to time so its a pleasure seeing someone like yourself watching my videos! Keep up the good work. But yeah Ill definitely need to invest in a better mic for future releases.
@@BrissieTransit I look forward to seeing your next video.
Unfortunately the Doomben line is a whole bucket of problems.
If Translink does any upgrade work to any station, they are obliged under DDA to bring the whole station up to code. That means raising the platforms and moving them closer to the trains, putting in PWD toilets, PWD carparks, lifts, new overpasses etc. Given how minimal the existing stations are, this means a knock down rebuild of all the stations. This is a legal obligation, and not something that can be ignored.
Ascot station is heritage listed, which makes a knock down rebuild hard. Also the turf club owns half the station, which makes it harder again. These are likewise legal impediments that can't be ignored.
The underpass at Sandgate Rd is apparently too small and would need to be rebuilt to carry double tracks suitable for the current fleet of trains. Again, safety isn't something the can just be hand waved.
Whilst the corridor is two tracks wide, the existing tracks wander from side to side of the corridor, so about three quarters of the existing track and electric overhead would need to be demolished and moved.
And there's two level crossings that would need to be rebuilt, which would (at the very least) come with community pressure for level crossing removal.
Altogether, duplicating the Doomben line probably runs $700m. Which isn't cheap. Extending to Hamilton is maybe another $150m.
The big problem though is how indirect the line is. From Central, a future Hamilton station would be about 11.5km. On foot, it's only 6km. A list of the fastest ways to get to Hamilton would be driving, bus, bike, jogging, and slower than all of them, the train.
That's why the Doomben line hasn't been improved. Because spending nearly a billion dollars to be slower than jogging just isn't good value for money.
It not owned by TransLink, it is Queensland Rail (QR). Any work will have be done through QR. TransLink look after fares, they have no control over the railway network
Secondly: the assumption that at Ascot Railway Station is half owned by the Racecourse is false. The station is heritage listed, and is owned by QR. We have been part of a long standing project to restore the station.
Thirdly; the Under-bridge at Sandgate Road at Clayfield was rebuilt in 1979 with the loading gauge for overhead wires, and again in 1987 to take clearances for double track but was cancelled due to budget constraints. It was designed to do such in 1962-1963.
~Railway Preservation Society Of Queensland~
its so stupid how they have to install car parks, like honestly, with how close the stations are, making the surrounds more accessible would mean disabled people wouldnt need to drive
carparks are require?!?! that's actually crazy especially if they where to build a station in a higher density area like Hamilton. I live on the Gold Coast and the worst part about taking the train down here apart from the 30 minutes frequencies is needing to walk through massively oversized carparks to get to the station because the Gold Coast doesn't give any better ways to get to the station if your not lucky enough to live on the singular tram line
The Doomben line is heritage listed.
So it can't just be "Upgraded".
Also fun fact, Drivers need an extra certification for the semaphore signalling to be allowed to drive on it.
@@railwaypreservationsocietyqld Correct. Translink only runs the services.
All infrastructure is owned by QR.
"Soviet Poland" very accurate, but you are so young to know that. keep up the good content. liked your video.
Ah the memories.
I spent 1985 doing a Pre-Voc course at Eagle Farm TAFE.
We used to use Airport Station most of the time because it was 10 metres closer to the TAFE than Doomben Station.
There were some days that we had to go to Doomben because the old Red Rattlers didn't go any further.
If I was running late from Petrie Station and missed the Eagle Farm connection, I used to walk to TAFE from Toombul Station following a fair bit of the train line.
We did catch the train to Pinkenba a couple of times if we got out early and the train was heading west, that way we were guaranteed seats for the normal 5km part of the journey to Eagle Junction. lol
Is Casey Neistat still at Ascot station? He still owes me a kidney
Great video, fellas. The Pinkenba line was always a source of fascination for me and it's good someone such as yourselves have gone and documented it. Looking forward to seeing more of your content.
Well done gentlemen. Interesting piece of Brisbane history. Well researched. Considering how infrequent the trains are, you did well to get so many trains running on the line. Good advocacy for more public transport. And it was pleasing to see a cyclist using one of the paths next to a station.
At 3:21 the loco in the Hendra station pic “sometime in the 1950s” was introduced after late 1972.
Great stuff, fellas.
I'm here after your most recent post of Brisbane's ghost stations.
Keep up the great work. I very much appreciate your research and presentation. Awesome .
Take care, lads, be safe 👍🏽.
Would love to see a documentary about the Hamilton Cold Stores line that branched off just after Doomben.
This is so interesting. Very well planned documentary. I loved the guy at the end telling us why Pinkenba is thee best place to live!
Cool video, lads. Kinda fun fact; the Doomben line and Pinkenba loop were actually used for freight trains at the end of 2023 when they were doing the upgrades at the Breakfast Creek bridge for CRR.
The line past Doomben was temporarily reopened to Pinkenba in Dec 2023 for freight services during the month long shutdown for CRR.
im obsessed with this video, this is iconic
the mid century brick and concrete style stations are lovely
Wow there's a memory , I lived in one of the Army Homes next to the Meeandah Station in the Early to mid Seventies , I still recall taking the train from that Station to Brisbane Central and the Ekka
certainly a trip down memory lane, having lived in Hamilton and hendra through my primary & high school years many moons ago
I grew up in Ascot and remember the antique sophomore signals still in use. I really hope the line isnt converted into a busway cause it is an intangible part of Brisbanes history
Not sure why you think the Status quo is a better outcome though, this Line is probably the worst in Australia
@BigBlueMan118 It could definitely use some work mainly completing the duplication but ripping up the rails and overhead wires only to make a busway would cost more and be a wasted opportunity. More frequent services including charted services for the races would definitely help as well
@@dalfin9286 I am not so sure - both have merit, I'm not particularly convinced either way but the answer of doing nothing is no option either. Full duplication would be quite expensive, a partial duplication would be unreliable even at only a 15min frequency, this line takes capacity away from busier rail lines, the line has a flat junction with the main line at an awkward spot, and there are a number of level crossings too, plus it is more expensive to operate than a busway would be at the kinds of passenger numbers it has, and I*m not so sure the journey time leaving it as rail is as fast as busway conversion with a new connection into the CBD via Kingsford-Smith could be.
A really nice history lesson. Cheers for that gents!
You really should do more this style has so much potential
Great video. Keep up the good work. I rode the line from Doomben a few weeks ago, changed at Eagle Junction and went right through to Nerang. I visit Brisbane from Sydney often, love the trains, but they are slow through the CBD.
Nice video man! Love learning more about my local area of Brisbane and its history. Adding the fact that an old passion of mine were trains, it made me even more invested in the video. Keep up the great work!
Great work boys! Watched the whole thing and learnt something.
Greatly enjoyed the video and history of the line. Can remember using this line to get to the Eagle Farm TAFE College many years ago. A couple of little criticisms. Whinstanes does not have an "e" after the "n", so has no relationship with that great liquid that comes in a bottle and Pinkenba is pronounced as if it has either a double "a" or an "h" on the end. Keep up the good work.
Fantastic video guys. Thoroughly enjoyed hearing all the information.
Solid video lads, I look forward to more. A video for the old Woodford line would be great also
I have a very fine memory of the Pinkenba Line as well as the road beyond Pinkenba Station which ends up at the shit shute of Luggage Point. The Original Pinkenba Station became a railway siding for Mayne Grain (A division of Mayne Nickless). Meeandah was a siding for James Hardies Group. Bunour Station was the sliding for the 8th batallion stores and barracks now the Brisbane Immigration Centre for Brisbane Airport. Old Eagle Farm station was on the corner of Schneider Road and Want St was stopped by the railway line and was the siding for Ford Australia Queensland factory with an overpass into a new industrial estate in the old airport. Airport station (new Eagle Farm station ) was a sliding for the Queensland Cotton Marketing Board as well as Golden Fleece petroleum.
You guys should team up with walk about with Rob. Nice work.
Awesome EMU action, love the sound of those traction motors.❤
Good job guys. I've subscribed so I can enjoy your next efforts. Good to see a couple of young, cool-looking dudes taking an interest in history. Keep it going!
I like your idea of extending the line to Hamilton. There is enough abandoned industrial land there to not extend all the way east to the area currently occupied by eat street.
Great video! Keep it up!
Notice the Clayfield station hasn't changed since I last used it about 35 years ago.
The Pinkenba corridor has to be the strangest one in Brisbane. But much of that fascinating area has disappeared under the airport. Hardly anyone remembers the remote and unusual suburb of Cribb Island now. Cheers.
Cribb Island is where the members of the BeeGees grew up
@@TOTN17don’t tell Redcliffe. They love to claim them
I used to work as a civvy for Dept. Of Defence 1996-2011 mate at Meeandah. That station was closed before i started but it used to be popular in the day i was told. Thanks fellas
It will be hard to turn it into a busway or metro thing unless it's transferred from the state gov to the local council.
Nice vid fellas. Next one planned? Maybe Gloucester St/ park Road Albert/ Gabba yards ?
Yeah definitely more planned, probably seeing more abandoned stuff like Maybe station, Gloucester st as you said, Nyanda and a few more.
I saw you recording the other day !!!
6:20 if I’m not mistaken, i think there might be some of the old QR logos left at a now disused part of what used to be called Brunswick st station (now fortitude valley station)
Extend to Hamilton and make the rest a green corridor with bike tracks sound a good idea.
Good for the Olympics.....
I used to work at the airport and always wondered where exactly the old airport terminals used to be, and where the line used to run to. There was still some of the sidings behind the warehouses on Kingsford Smith Drive up until a few years ago, but as you showed the crossing to the wharves was torn up. Nice info, thanks guys!
I worked at Pinkenba from 2014 to 2022, the public transport was basically non existent. one bus route that hardly ran. They could do worse than reopen the line and build some high density housing out at Pinkenba, very close to the city and basically undeveloped.
Maje the line light rail to allow for street running through the Athletes village and go over the top of Eagle Junction station to continue onto Stafford and Everton Park. Eagle Junction wins TOD as an interchange, and Stafford gets some relief from traffic jams, Etc. Leveraging Japanese designs, even the rails can be left as is, although voltage will need changing
Agreed, the Stafford, Kedron and Chermside areas are desperatly in need of a solid rail connection. Getting to Chermside from the north is a pain.
Awesome. Thanks!. Looking forward to more videos from this channel :)
Before Clayfield came Albion station where I grew up in the 50's, sad you didn't cover this one, where once stood a huge Flour Mill near Hudson Road. Steam and diesel trains were in operation at that time, house exteriors were by default dirty from the soot given off from these two dinosaurs. I could write a book on these lines and forgive my correction, but Whinstanes at that time was pronounced Win-stains. I see the accumulated waste with all these abandoned stations, the tracks themselves must hold a fortune in scrap metal, but as a country with a very low understanding/comprehension of recycling, I guess it's on the todo list, right!
PS. Thank for the memory.
Some of those stations would have come in handy when i worked at the Tafe. Its a fair walk going through back streets to get from Doomben
At the end of its life, Pinkenba only had a couple of trains a day, so surprisingly, the replacement bus service is more regular than the train used to be. I lived in Pinkenba back in the early 90's, so the state of public transport meant I got a motorbike pretty quickly...
The points connecting platform 2 at Ascot were removed quite a few years ago. Quite cool there are still semaphore signals on the line.
Good work on the video, and good fun to watch. I've used Doomben station a bit in recent years - I had no idea it was closed for half of the 90s
I used to work at Eagle Farm in the mid-eighties and caught the train. The line was already neglected back then, they used the crappiest rolling stock on it, the old red rattler carriages.
when the line was electrified certain trains went to 'eagle farm' (formerly 'airport' station)
about the incomplete earthwork -as mentioned this was part of an upgrade, but it was a network wide upgrade. this is mostly evident on the petrie and ipswich lines, where road overpasses, and rail bridge foundations were built to a 4 track standard. the only part of those woeks to be commisioned were roma st to corinda. all other works were abandoned due to a change of government. even uncompleted works were removed for example the toombul bridges which were reinstalled with later multi tracking works, triple line around 1980, and quad line around 2000
The line use to extend all the way down to Bulwer Island for freight trains , the line still exists at the old Bitumen terminal
The Steam trains used to be run by the Australian Railway Historical Society.. and they had their meeting room at Auchenflower Bowls Club..I was the first female Vice President..which allowed me to help organise trips to various trips from Toowoomba right up to taking the Troop Tain to Townsville for the celebration..My father was a fitter and turner and used to volunteer working on C17..BB18 1/4 and the Blue Baby…just to name a few…we also went on The Flying Scotsman when it came to Brisbane..we went on a trip where the gauge changed from Queensland to NSW gauge to ride on the NSW 3801. There was a rival society called Sunsteam and several volunteers worked for both until our membership officer Ken Biggs (a bridge at Lota is named after him which Paul Lucas opened in his honour) got upset and a meeting was called to discuss why these few volunteers worked for both societies…just because they enjoyed working with the engines..that’s when I decided to give it away when someone’s loyalty is questioned over the enjoy of volunteering is questioned that benefit all.
I think you will find the train service today starts at Park Road and runs through to Roma St and Central onto Eagle junction and The Pinkemba branch
Great vid mate, would love to see more stuff about Brisbane's transit. Keep up the good work!
You guys did a great job! Fantastic work.
Eagle Farm station was also well used by apprentices going to Eagle Farm collage. I used to catch the train to collage in 1976.
Nice work! I knew next to nothing about this line … so learned a lot (in an entertaining way). ✌️
Recent yrs Industry has expanded dramatically in Pinkenba, makes sense to reopen the line, especially servicing workers.
On note of the shuttle service to Pinkenba, recently seen Seafarers & foreign Navy Sailors waiting for the bus on that’ll never happen on weekends along upper end of Kingford smith drive - Poor Buggers !
really cool video didnt know all the much about the line, cant wait to see more!
4:10 That's a brilliant and way cool segway. So Aussie, so classic! 😄
I really enjoyed this video Guys, Great pacing, and I really loved the script under the foot, Great Idea.
I last caught a train down the the Pink in 1974, to go fishing one Saturday with some mates from school.
Keep it up, looking forward to the next project..
haha i used to use doomben everyday. late trains.. 30 mins between trains... really cool video!
The problem with the doomben line from a network perspective are the crossing conflicts at eagle junction and the lack of paths into the city.
I’d like to see the doomben line converted to light rail and extending to Hamilton and the airport using the line as the central spine.
Think dlr
Keep it up what a great and informative presentation, thank you so much.
I have high hopes for this channel. I hope it grows larger!
Platform 2 at doomben is closed. but about 6 months ago for some train delay related reasons i actually got on from platform 2 (only time ive ever seen it used). which was annoying in the end as the train being on the wrong platform threw me so much i forgot to touch on until it was too late to cross to platform 1 and back again to touch on.
I don't know how I got here but that was quite interesting, subscribed for more train stories.
Great Vid Guys; My father was the Goods Master for QR Freight at Whinstanes-Doomben as it was called back in the early 80s. He retired in 1984. That station was the goods clearing station from the River freight. Just a note on pronunciation; its Pinken Bar and Whin Stains.
I love how he keeps saying, this is where it gets interesting!
To then talk about something most people would not agree is interesting at all.
But it was to me 😂
Such an interesting side of Brisbane
Yeah you've earned yourselves a sub! Keen from more content lads!
This was very entertaining. Keep it up 👍
I've been a train enthusiast for many years and found this video to be fascinating @transitchat ... many thanks and more please. Very well researched and shot with archival images. And you're right: Northshore/Hamilton is in dire need of new public transport infrastructure. Do you think it's more or less likely now with the change of government?
Glad you enjoyed the video. I would say with the change of government its probably less likely as Labour tends to like public transport infrastructure a bit more than the LNP, but we cant say anything for certain. The LNP promised to increase public transport service in the outer regions of Brisbane and do a review of the Sunny Coast rail (lets hope they extend it further to the centre of the Sunny coast) so I am optimistic to see where this leads.
Awesome video can’t wait to see more content!
6:49 "stone masonry on the sides". I don't know where I was meant to be looking. The grey rectangular things that are in the centre of the shot are cable trough
I LIVE ON THAT LINE LAMO
Excellent video!! . Very detailed and informative. Love it . Also because I’m a bit of a train buff as well
I used to drive trucks to the tip in pinkenba around 2016. There was a building at the site of the tip that always looked abandoned. It looked a lot like some of the shots of the pinkenba station you showed in this video so I think that might have been it. I always wondered why that building was there. The Wikipedia article for the pinkenba station seems to confirm this, and says that it was demolished in 2017.
Well researched video. Well done.
such a clean country
I hope that the line into a greenspace corridor with path and bikeway with the heritage spaces intact
This is a lovely idea, would be a great cycle if there was some shade.
They really need to extend the train line to the cruise terminal!
And to think that Pinkenba served as the Disembarking point for the New Beyer-Garrat articulated locomotives ( BG 13 1/4)...Pinkenba had the only High Capacity Wharf Cranes to handle the Three Secions of the BGs.
Eventually the Bulk Sugar and Grain Terminals shifted to Southern Fishermans Island Reclamation for bigger Bulk Coal Carriers and Container Ships..and also the Standard Gauge port link.....
Residential development on the North Bank Line for Pinkenba will be its salvation...
absolutely awesome video. always wandered where the extra track at the end of the doomben line went
Damn I really hope you make more, I would love to know about the Tennyson line too.
Dont worry that is already in the pipeline
nice vid, i recommend a sock over the phone as a diy pop filter
My mums childhood home was in pinkenba. Now it's a factory
Meeandah Station, what a great name! Meandering to Meeandah- i love interesting train station names. This would explain why I am still very salty that the new Albert Street station was not named Frog's Hollow :( :(. Actually on that line, I would definitely recommend adding a station for the Athlete's Village in 2032, but even extending it to the Cruise Terminal, which is absolutely abysmal to get to!
Love this channel ahahaha you get my approval lol
Might be worth reopening the Pinkenba line for the cruise ship terminal or at least convert that section to bus way as well.
But I do agree that a train station servicing the Hamilton apartment area is a necessity. I wonder if it will take as long to come to fruition as the Redcliffe Line
I say they redevelop the areas around the cruise terminal, at the moment the areas around there are very unappealing to travelers and tourists and the redevelopment could be justification for some sort of public transport project.
I think there would be call to electrify and duplicate the line, and reinstate regular passenger service.
Great video. Please consider upgrading your audio recording equipment or recording the Voice Overs out of the wind (the intro quality was not ideal). I subscribed and look forward to more from you.
You fellas got great voices. You guys should definitely go to the tv station and use this video for docos
4:11 transition actualy insane.
Gret job mate! Ive been hoping they extend the line to the athletes at Northshore Hamilton and extend the metro that way too. The usual bus takes forever into the city from Hamilton!
Very good content style
Great video guys. Can you please do one for the Dayboro Line? That would be very interesting, especially considering the fatal Samford Valley crash occurred on it
Well researched, edited and put together. I would only suggest investing in a plug in microphone with pop filter for higher quality audio.
Well done on your presentation . Even better if it could be looped to provide services to the SE of the air port maintenance & logistics.
Maybe the next task is to find out why the bike track on he north side keeps getting its extensions sabotaged?