Gosford railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the Central Coast city of Gosford, opening on 15 August 1887.Gosford Station NSWrail.net
Between January 1960 and April 1982, Gosford was the northern extremity of the electrified network.Railway Sign Official Opening Gosford – Wyong Electrification 3 April 1982 Powerhouse Museum Collection The station buildings were demolished and replaced by the current structure which opened on 10 September 1993."First Easy Access Station Completed at Gosford" Railway Digest October 1993 page 412
An extensive network of stabling sidings exist north and south of the station. A functioning water crane is located at the northern end of Platform 2 and is used occasionally by passing steam locomotives.
Facilities
Gosford station provides passenger amenities including a café located on the platform. It also provides bicycle parking facilities, including a free public bike shed with 38 spaces available to Opal card holders and eight bicycle lockers available for hire.
Platforms and services
Gosford has three platforms, one island with two faces and one side platform. It is serviced by Sydney Trains Intercity Central Coast & Newcastle Line services travelling between Sydney, Wyong and Newcastle. There are morning and evening weekday peak hour services that travel between Sydney Central and Wyong via Gordon, while some services terminate and commence at Gosford.
It is also serviced by NSW TrainLink Xplorer and XPT long-distance services between Sydney, Armidale, Moree, Casino and Brisbane.
Transport links Busways operates 15 bus routes via Gosford station, under contract to Transport for NSW: 32: to Spencer 33: to Somersby industrial 34: to Kariong, some services extend to Somersby, Mangrove Mountain & Spencer 36: to Westfield Tuggerah via Narara & Niagara Park 37: to Westfield Tuggerah via Settlers Park & Lisarow 38: to Wyoming 55: to Ettalong Beach & Umina Beach 63: to Saratoga via Erina Fair & Davistown 64: to Kincumber and Empire Bay 65: to Wagstaffe & MacMasters Beach 66A: to Avoca & Copacabana anti clockwise 66C: to Avoca & Copacabana clockwise 67: to North Avoca via Erina Fair & Terrigal 68: to Wamberal via Erina Fair & Terrigal 70: to Woy Woy & Ettalong Beach
Red Bus Services operates 13 bus routes via Gosford station, under contract to Transport for NSW: 17: to The Entrance 18: to The Entrance 19: to Wyong 20: to Matcham loop 21: to The Entrance 22: to The Entrance 23: to The Entrance 28: to The Entrance 40: to North Gosford loop 41: to West Gosford loop 42: to Point Frederick loop 43: to Springfield 44: to Erina Fair
References
External links
Gosford station details Transport for New South Wales Gosford Station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW