Ourimbah railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the northern Central Coast suburb of Ourimbah opening on 15 August 1887.[3][4] The station had passing loops and a freight yard that were removed in March 1993.[5]
Ourimbah | |||||||||||
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Location | Old Pacific Highway, Ourimbah Australia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°21′35″S 151°22′12″E / 33.359603°S 151.369951°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 24 metres (79 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||
Distance | 90.61 km (56.30 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Status |
Staffed: 6am-2pm
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Station code | OUR | ||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 15 August 1887 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2023[2] |
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Services | |||||||||||
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The station was upgraded with lifts added in August 2021.[6][7]
Platforms and services
editOurimbah has two side platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Newcastle. Peak-hour services travel from Central to Wyong via the North Shore line.[8]
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | Services to Gosford & Sydney Central via Strathfield Weekday morning peak services to Sydney Central via Gordon |
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2 | Services to Wyong & Newcastle | [8] |
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Entrance on Pacific Highway
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Entrance on Mill Street
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Southbound view from Platform 2
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Northbound view from Platform 1
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Lifts and overheard concourse
Transport links
editBusways operates two bus routes via Ourimbah station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 36: Gosford station to Westfield Tuggerah via Narara[9]
- 37: Gosford station to Westfield Tuggerah via Wyoming[10]
Red Bus Services operates one bus route via Ourimbah station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
References
edit- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Ourimbah Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Ourimbah Railway Station Group & Residence NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest May 1993 page 207
- ^ "Ourimbah Station Upgrade". Transport for NSW. 2 September 2021. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ Collins, Terry (30 August 2021). "Station lift upgrades completed". Central Coast News. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Busways route 36". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Busways route 37". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Red Bus Service route 47". Transport for NSW.
External links
edit- Media related to Ourimbah railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Ourimbah station details Transport for New South Wales