page_title: Redcliffe Peninsula railway line
section_title: Timeline
hierarchical_section_title: Redcliffe Peninsula railway line / Timeline
caption_attribution_description: English: Mango Hill East railway station on the Moreton Bay line in Brisbane.
context_page_description: The Redcliffe Peninsula line is a 12 km stretch of heavy gauge dual-track railway between Petrie and Kippa-Ring on the Redcliffe peninsula. The new line is part of the QR Citytrain suburban network, branching from the Caboolture line. It starts 200 metres north of Petrie railway station, extending from.
  The line has six stations: Kallangur, Murrumba Downs, Mango Hill, Mango Hill East, Rothwell and Kippa-Ring. Funding for the project consisted of $742 million from the Commonwealth Government, $300 million from the Queensland Government and $105 million from the Moreton Bay Regional Council.
  The line was officially opened on 3 October 2016, about 130 years after it was first proposed. The first train to depart from Kippa-Ring was SMU 285 and 295, with the Prime Minister, Queensland Premier and the first train ballot winners on board.
context_section_description: Milestones:
  2003 - Petrie to Kippa-Ring Public Transport Corridor Study completed, provided the foundation for the current project design
  July 2010 - Funding agreement signed between local, state and commonwealth government
  January 2012 - Design of six new stations begins
  July 2012 - Construction on Kinsellas Road East bridge begins after construction contract awarded to McIlwain Civil Contractors
  24 August 2012 - Tender process for rail design and construction begins with the release of a Request for Proposals
  April 2013 - Kinsellas Road East bridge completed and open to traffic
  Mid 2013 - Concept designs for six new stations available
  1 August 2013 - Contract awarded to Thiess to design and construct the Moreton Bay Rail Link Project
  Late 2013 - Construction begins on the Dohles Rocks Road and Goodfellows Road bridges at Kallangur
  September 2013 - Pre-construction activities begin, including boundary fencing and surveying of ground, ecology, utilities and properties
  Early 2014 - Rail corridor construction works begin (embankment, track, structures and stations)
  June 2014 - Construction of rail bridges over the Bruce Highway starts
  March 2015 - Major earthworks including track foundation complete, and laying of ballast and track begins.
  January 2016 - Construction nearly complete. Electric current switched on, and testing of track, overhead wires, train signalling and train stabling yard begins.
  May 2016 - Queensland Rail advised TMR that the signalling is unsafe for handling required number of trains, and the Minister announces a delay in the completion of project.
  May 2016 - QR staff reported as advising that the platform at Petrie is misaligned and trains are scraping the edge as they pass through the station. There is no official confirmation of this.
  3 October 2016 - Redcliffe Peninsula Line declared open by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Moreton Bay Mayor Allan Sutherland, with Moreton Bay residents enjoying free shuttle trains between stations and community events at each station.
  4 October 2016 - Redcliffe Peninsula line opened to passengers
caption: Mango Hill East Station
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