NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Exhibition railway line, Brisbane

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Brisbane CityTrain Lines
	Caboolture
	Doomben
	Shorncliffe
	Ferny Grove
	Airport
	Exhibition
Southern/Western Lines
	Ipswich
	Cleveland
	Tennyson via South Bank
	Beenleigh
Inter-urban lines
	Gold Coast (Robina)
	North Coast (Gympie North)
	Rosewood
List of Brisbane railway stations

The Exhibition line is a special-purpose railway line in Brisbane, Australia. It conveys QR CityTrain passengers only during the Royal Queensland Show (commonly known as the "Ekka") in August, and is known informally as the Ekka Loop. Goods trains also use the Exhibition line to access the Normanby marshalling yard and to travel across Brisbane while avoiding underground passenger stations and congestion between Bowen Hills and Roma Street stations. QR Traveltrain long-distance passenger services also use the Exhibition line to arrive at and depart from Roma Street Station, though they do not stop on the line. Empty CityTrain and Traveltrain sets also use the line to access the Normanby train washing facility and the Mayne locomotive and electric depot. The line is a loop. Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the state of Queensland, Australia. ... CityTrain is the name given to the electric passenger railway network for South-East Queensland, Australia, based around Brisbane. ... The Caboolture railway line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia. ... The Doomben railway line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia. ... The Shorncliffe railway line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia. ... The Ferny Grove railway line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia. ... The Ipswich railway line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia. ... The Cleveland railway line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia. ... Tennyson station is a railway station in Brisbane, Australia. ... The Beenleigh railway line is a suburban railway line in Brisbane, Australia. ... The Gold Coast (Robina) railway line is an interurban railway line in Queensland, Australia connecting Brisbane with the Gold Coast. ... The North Coast line is a long distance and inter-urban railway line in Queensland, Australia running through to the north of Brisbane along the Sunshine Coast, to as far north as Cairns. ... The Rosewood line is an inter-urban railway line in Queensland, Australia running through Ipswich and to the south-west of Brisbane. ... This is a list of the suburban and interurban railway stations of south-east Queensland, Australia focused around Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland. ... Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the state of Queensland, Australia. ... QR, formerly known as Queensland Rail and Queensland Railways, is the corporation responsible for the operation and maintenance of the railway system in the State of Queensland, Australia. ... CityTrain is the name given to the electric passenger railway network for South-East Queensland, Australia, based around Brisbane. ... The Ekka is the annual state fair of Queensland, Australia. ... A classification yard or marshalling yard (including hump yards) is a railroad yard found at some freight train stations, used to separate railroad cars on to one of several tracks. ... Bowen Hills station is a railway station in Brisbane, Australia. ... QR, formerly known as Queensland Rail and Queensland Railways, is the corporation responsible for the operation and maintenance of the railway system in the State of Queensland, Australia. ... TravelTrain provides long range passenger rail services in Queensland. ... Entry to the Roma Street Railway Station is via the ground level of the Brisbane Transit Centre Roma Street Railway Station is on Roma Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and is adjacent to the Roma Street Parkland. ... In rail terminology, a loop can mean one of two configurations: a stretch of rail track that provides a place for a train to halt temporarily while other trains pass on an adjacent main line . ...

Parts of the Exhibition line is a elevated just like the Airport line so that when you are in the show-grounds you can see Trains arrive/depart at Exhibition station during the Ekka.

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Exhibition Loop (Clockwise)

The service also runs anti-clockwise. Platform sign at Brunswick Street Station Sculpture at Brunswick Street Station ( the changing face of Fortitude Valley 1890-1970) Brunswick Street Station is an underground railway station in the QR CityTrain rail network of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... A Suburban Multiple Unit at a Brisbane Central platform. ... Entry to the Roma Street Railway Station is via the ground level of the Brisbane Transit Centre Roma Street Railway Station is on Roma Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and is adjacent to the Roma Street Parkland. ... Exhibition Station is a special-purpose railway station in Brisbane, Australia. ...

Category: Brisbane railway lines

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