Infrastructure Townsville

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townsville hospital douglas arterial road


the townsville hospital 580-bed university teaching hospital in suburb of douglas. townsville hospital formally located in north ward main building serves example of streamline moderne style of architecture. co-located james cook university school of medicine. hospital caters city of townsville, people in north far thursday island , papua new guinea, west mount isa , south sarina. during year 2010, hospital admitted 54,941 patients, , had 60,676 presentations emergency department. hospital major tertiary maternity centre, 2,308 babies delivered in 2010.


the townsville hospital undergoing $437 million redevelopment of 2011, delivering additional 100 beds, four-storey expanded emergency department, expanded neonatal intensive care unit, , expansion of oncology services. emergency department largest in queensland.


there 4 other public health campuses in townsville: kirwan health campus, magnetic island health service centre, north ward health campus , townsville hospital dentist, located in north ward.


in addition there 2 private hospitals in townsville, mater hospital , mater women s , children s hospital.


transport

townsville intersection point of a1 (bruce highway), , a6 (flinders highway) national highways. townsville ring road, planned become part of re-routed a1 route bypass, circumnavigates city.


townsville has public transport system contracted sunbus townsville, provides regular services between many parts of city. public transport available cbd bushland beach. regular ferry , vehicular barge services operate magnetic island , palm island.


the tilt train service connects townsville railway station brisbane in south , cairns in north. townsville major destination , generator of rail freight services. north coast railway line, operated queensland rail, meets western line in city s south. container operations common , products of local nickel , copper refineries, minerals western line (mount isa), transported port via trains. port of townsville has bulk handling facilities importing cement, nickel ore , fuel, , exporting sugar , products north queensland s mines. port has 3 sugar-storage sheds, newest being largest under-cover storage area in australia.


the city served townsville international airport. airport handles direct domestic flights darwin, brisbane, sydney, melbourne, direct regional flights destinations such cairns, mount isa, rockhampton , mackay. airlines servicing airport include qantas, virgin australia, jetstar, tigerair australia, regional express, qantaslink, airnorth , skytrans. in 2015, jetstar began regular international flights townsville denpasar, bali.








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