Palmwoods is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Nambour/Gympie North line. It opened in 1891 and serves the Sunshine Coast town of Palmwoods. It is a ground level station, featuring one side platform.
History Palmwoods station opened in 1891. The station today consists of one platform with a wooden structure. In 2009, the platform was extended at both its northern and southern ends with scaffolding and plywood materials.Works commence on North Coast platform extensions Queensland Rail 10 August 2009 Initially intended as an interim arrangement until a permanent extension was built, the temporary platform remains.Travellers blast lack of funding Sunshine Coast Daily 2 February 2012
Palmwoods has two passing loops on its western side, with one disused, as well as another that runs behind the platform on its eastern side.
Services Palmwoods is serviced by Citytrain network services to Brisbane, Nambour and Gympie North. To relieve congestion on the single track North Coast line, the rail service is supplemented by a bus service operated by Kangaroo Bus Lines on weekdays between Caboolture and Nambour as route 649.
Services by platform Palmwoods platform arrangementPlatformLineDestinationsNotes 1 Nambour or Gympie North [ Palmwoods Platform 1] TransLink Roma Street (to Ipswich/Rosewood line)
Transport links Kangaroo Bus Lines operates one bus route that services Palmwoods station: 649: Caboolture
Kinetic Sunshine Coast operates one bus route that services Palmwoods station: 638: Nambour via Woombye
See also List of tramways in Queensland
References
External links
Palmwoods station Queensland Rail Palmwoods station Queensland's Railways on the Internet