Nambour railway station

Nambour

Southbound view from Platform 1 in September 2012
Location Civic Way, Nambour
Coordinates 26°37′31″S 152°57′30″E / 26.6253°S 152.9582°E / -26.6253; 152.9582Coordinates: 26°37′31″S 152°57′30″E / 26.6253°S 152.9582°E / -26.6253; 152.9582
Owned by Queensland Rail
Operated by Queensland Rail
Line(s) North Coast
Distance 103.83 kilometres from Central
Platforms 2 (1 side, 1 bay)
Tracks 4
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking 89 bays
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code 600493
Fare zone go card 17
Website Queensland Rail
History
Rebuilt 16 December 1963
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
toward Roma Street
Sunshine Coast Line
toward Gympie North
Long distance services
Preceding station   Queensland Rail   Following station
toward Brisbane
Diesel Tilt Train
toward Cairns
toward Brisbane
Electric Tilt Train
toward Rockhampton
toward Brisbane
Spirit of the Outback
toward Longreach

Nambour railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Nambour in the Sunshine Coast Region.

History

On 16 December 1963, the present station building was opened by Minister for Transport Gordon Chalk. On 11 August 1988, a bus station was opened outside the station by Minister for Transport Ivan Gibbs. South of the station lie stabling sidings for electric multiple units.

Services

Nambour is the terminus for City network services from Brisbane with two services daily continuing to Gympie.[1] To relieve congestion on the single track North Coast line, the rail service is supplemented by a bus service operated by Kangaroo Bus Lines on weekdays to Caboolture as route 649.[2]

Nambour is also served by long-distance Traveltrain services; the Spirit of Queensland, Spirit of the Outback and the Bundaberg and Rockhamption Tilt Trains.[3][4][5]

Services by platform

Platform Lines Destinations Notes
1 Sunshine Coast Caboolture, Brisbane Roma Street & Gympie North [6]
Springfield Central & Ipswich Peak hours only[6]
Traveltrain Brisbane Roma Street, Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Longreach & Cairns
2 Sunshine Coast Caboolture & Brisbane Roma Street [6]
Springfield Central & Ipswich Peak hours only[6]

Transport links

Sunbus operate five routes to and from Nambour station:

Greyhound Australia operate services from Nambour station to Brisbane and Cairns.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Sunshine Coast line timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
  2. ↑ Route 649 timetable TransLink 20 January 2014
  3. ↑ Spirit of Queensland timetable Queensland Rail 1 January 2015
  4. ↑ Spirit of the Outback timetable Queensland Rail 1 January 2015
  5. ↑ Tilt Train timetable Queensland Rail 20 September 2013
  6. 1 2 3 4 Nambour Platform 1 TransLink
  7. 1 2 Routes 610-612 timetable TransLink 7 July 2014
  8. 1 2 Routes 630-632 timetable TransLink 7 July 2014
  9. ↑ Route 636 timetable TransLink 7 July 2014
  10. ↑ Cairns-Brisbane timetable Greyhound Australia 12 May 2015
  11. ↑ Brisbane-Cairns timetable Greyhound Australia 12 May 2015

External links

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