Richlands is a railway station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 in the suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 of Richlands

Richlands, Queensland

Richlands is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 16 km south-west of the CBD.-External links:* *...

 on the Springfield line. The rail extension to Richlands is the first step in the progressive construction of the Springfield line to Springfield

Springfield, Queensland

Springfield, also known as the Greater Springfield Development, is a 28.50 square kilometre residential development located in Ipswich, in South East Queensland, Australia...

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Construction and opening

Construction started on the station on with an cost of $40 million. The planning included about 650 car parks, a bus interchange, bicycle lockers and a drop-off area. The station is expected to be completed by 2011, along side the first stage of the Springfield line.

The station was due to open to the public on with no services due to scheduled maintenance works on the Ipswich line, but due to the Queensland floods the opening was brought forward to in order to assist with the recovery efforts.

External links

• Queensland Rail - Darra to Springfield project