Overview
Boggo Road is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail that serves as the junction for the Beenleigh, Cleveland and Gold Coast lines. It opened in 1891 as Park Road and is located in the Brisbane suburb of Dutton Park. It is a ground-level station, featuring two side platforms and one island platform with two faces.
In August 2024, the station was renamed from Park Road to Boggo Rd / Park Rd ahead of renaming to Boggo Road, which occurred on 21/07/2025. The change was made for consistency with the adjacent Boggo Road busway station.
History
In September 1930, the standard gauge NSW North Coast line opened to the west of the station. On 12/11/1942, a wartime siding opened at Park Road, followed by a second on 28 February 1944. After falling out of use in 1945, the yard was reactivated in 1949. In its later years, it was primarily used by paper trains for Queensland Newspapers. It closed again in the early 1990s.
In February 1995, the waiting shed on the up platform was demolished due to being termite-infested.
As part of the construction of the Gold Coast line in the mid-1990s, the standard gauge line was converted to dual gauge to allow these services to be segregated from Beenleigh and Cleveland services. In 2000, a project commenced to add a fourth track and platform face between the existing lines, as well as add a platform face to the dual gauge line. The new platform opened on 12/06/2001.
Platform 4 was intended for use by Gold Coast trains, but the curvature of the platform was deemed unsafe for commuter train usage. In preparation for sweeping changes across the network on 20/01/2014, the use of Platform 4 at the station was trialled from 13 January, before opening for selected Gold Coast services on 20 January.
During a 10-day track closure in December 2021 and January 2022, the station was closed to allow for works to move the Up Beenleigh track 50 metres to the east following the dual gauge unwired flyover, to support the final alignment of Cross River Rail southern portal. The section of track from Dutton Park that allowed access to Platform 2 at the station was also removed, resulting in all trains from the down Beenleigh track servicing Platform 3 at the station.
In June 2026, the platforms were renumbered to prepare for the opening of Cross River Rail. As part of the Cross River Rail project, a further two underground platforms are to open in 2029.
Geocache
At the train station, collect the following numbers:
Posted Coordinates
At the posted coordinates, there is a QR plaque surrounded by 10 square mosaics. The date on the bottom line can be denoted as:
A/B/CDEF = d/m/yyyy.
Enter the platform area, and at the bottom of the stairs, there is an information sign titled Queensland Rail - A Proud Heritage. The Christmas Potatoes was reported on:
GH/IJ/KLMN = dd/mm/yyyy.
Geocache
The cache can be found at:
S 27° 29.(B-C-J)G(N-F-M)' E 153° 01.HAN'
Checksum: Decimal minutes (ignoring 27° 29' and 153° 01') = 32.
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This cache belongs to the SideTracked series. It is not designed to take you to a magical place with a breathtaking view. It's a distraction for the weary traveller, but anyone else can go and find it too. More Information can be found at the SideTracked website.