   the cleveland railway line is a suburban railway line extending  east-southeast from brisbane, the state capital of queensland, australia. it is part of the qr citytrain network. ==history==  thumb|150hp winton rail motor for manly - cleveland service, cleveland station 1930   following the opening of the line from corinda to stanley st south brisbane in 1884, calls were made for extending the line to cleveland to serve the developing farming area. a line was surveyed, and took an indirect route to avoid hilly country and to serve fort lytton, a gun emplacement at the south entrance to the brisbane river, then the major defence installation for the city.armstrong, j. & kerr, j. 'destination south brisbane' arhs 1978 the line was opened to manly in 1888 and extended to the first cleveland station in 1889. an extension to the second cleveland station opened in 1897, at which time the first cleveland station was renamed west cleveland (later cleveland central).kerr, j. 'triumph of narrow gauge' boolarong publications 1990 the initial constricted terminus at stanley st was replaced by a dual track line to south brisbane in 1891, and the cleveland line connection to it was realigned to junction at park road station at that time. an extension to redland bay and mount cotton was surveyed in 1889.plans and sections of various queensland railway lines. (aa21 - yb24). cleveland to redland bay and mt. cotton. rb 21 sheet 2. 1889. series 4611, item 805633. queensland
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