Bowen Hills is a railway station located on the North Coast line, and it serves the Brisbane suburb of Bowen Hills. North of the station, the Ferny Grove line branches off. The station is one of four inner city stations that form a core corridor through the centre of Brisbane.
History
There have been three railways stations named Bowen Hills. The first from 1882 to 1889 was near Campbell Street. In 1890, a new station opened at the south end of the Abbotsford Road tunnel. In 1971, to allow for the Mayne marshalling yards to be expanded, Bowen Hill and Mayne Junction stations were closed with a new Bowen Hills station opening in 1973.
As part of the quadruplication of the line from Roma Street station, Platforms 3 and 4 opened on 11/06/1996.
Accidents
In October 1904, Archibald Kerr, a 16-year-old boy, fell from a moving train near Bowen Hills station; the boy died from the injury to the back of his head caused by the fall. At the time, the train driver was not aware of the event until he was told about it by the signalman on the train's return journey at Brunswick Street station. The train gate was blamed as the cause of the accident at first, but after the gate was found to be in working order, the cause of the accident wasn't known.
Railway Station at Bowen Hills, Brisbane, ca. 1934. Benedict Stone was used in the Colonial Mutual Building being constructed next to the G.P.O. at this time. [Photo source: State Library of Queensland]
Come along for a coffee and have a chat on geocaching in conjunction with SideTracked week.
Where: The Coffee Commune, 82 Abbotsford Rd, Bowen Hills Qld 4006.
When: 08:15 - 08:45 hr, Thursday 13/08/2026.
[Note: The CO will be present at the event location for the scheduled event duration.]
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