Nambour railway station
Nambour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Southbound view from Platform 1 in September 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Civic Way, Nambour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°37′31″S 152°57′30″E / 26.6253°S 152.9582°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | T1 Nambour/Gympie North Spirit of Queensland Tilt Train Spirit of the Outback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 103.83 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 side, 1 bay) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 89 spaces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600493 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | January 1891 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 16 December 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 28 April 1988[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nambour is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Nambour/Gympie North line. It opened in 1891 and serves the Sunshine Coast town of Nambour. It is a ground level station, featuring one side platform and one bay platform.
It is the terminus for most Sunshine Coast line trains, although two daily services continue to Gympie North. Long-distance services on the North Coast line, including the Spirit of Queensland, Tilt Train and Spirit of the Outback, stop at Nambour.
History
[edit]The railway connection from Brisbane to Nambour opened in January 1891. At that time, the town, then known as Petrie's Creek was renamed Nambour after the Nambour cattle station.[2]
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. In 2016 a major upgrade to the station commenced.[3]
Services
[edit]Nambour is the terminus for Citytrain network services from Brisbane with two services daily continuing to Gympie.[4] 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.[5]
Nambour is also served by long-distance Traveltrain services; the Spirit of Queensland,[6] Spirit of the Outback[7] and theTilt Train.[8]
Services by platform
[edit]| Nambour platform arrangement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform | Lines | Destinations | Notes |
| 1 | T1 Nambour/Gympie North | Gympie North | [9] |
| Roma Street (to Ipswich/Rosewood line) | |||
| Spirit of Queensland | Cairns | ||
| Roma Street | |||
| Spirit of the Outback | Longreach | ||
| Roma Street | |||
| Tilt Train | Rockhampton | ||
| Roma Street | |||
| 2 | T1 Nambour/Gympie North | Gympie North | [9] |
| Roma Street (to Ipswich/Rosewood line) | |||
Transport links
[edit]Kinetic Sunshine Coast operate five bus routes to and from Nambour station:
- 610: to Sunshine Plaza via Kunda Park[10]
- 612: to Sunshine Plaza via Bli Bli[11]
- 630: to Noosa Junction via Doonan[12]
- 631: to Noosa Junction via Cooroy[13]
- 636: to University of the Sunshine Coast[14]
Greyhound Australia operate services from Nambour station to Brisbane and Cairns.[15][16]
References
[edit]- ↑ Koopman D (29 April 1988). "Protests as Nambour Rail Goes Electric". Courier-Mail.
- ↑ "Nambour Town History". Heritage. Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ↑ Nambour Station upgrade Archived 20 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Queensland Rail
- ↑ "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Route 649 timetable". Translink.
- ↑ "Spirit of Queensland timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 13 June 2020.
- ↑ "Spirit of the Outback timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 23 June 2020.
- ↑ "Tilt Train timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 13 June 2020.
- 1 2 Nambour Platform 1 TransLink
- ↑ "Route 610 timetable". Translink.
- ↑ "Route 612 timetable". Translink.
- ↑ "Route 630 timetable". Translink.
- ↑ "Route 631 timetable". Translink.
- ↑ "Route 636 timetable". Translink.
- ↑ Cairns-Brisbane timetable Greyhound Australia 1 November 2018
- ↑ Brisbane-Cairns timetable Greyhound Australia 1 November 2018
External links
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Media related to Nambour railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Nambour station Queensland Rail
- Nambour station Queensland's Railways on the Internet
