Ourimbah railway station

Ourimbah
Northbound view of the station platforms, November 2023
General information
Location	Old Pacific Highway, Ourimbah Australia
Coordinates	33°21′35″S 151°22′12″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
Connections
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am-2pm Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed
Station code	OUR
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	15 August 1887; 137 years ago (1887-08-15)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023[2]	91,270 (year) 250 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Tuggerah towards Newcastle Interchange Central Coast & Newcastle Line Lisarow towards Central

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]

The station was upgraded with lifts added in August 2021.^[6][7]

Platforms and services

Ourimbah 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	CCN	Services to Gosford & Sydney Central via Strathfield Weekday morning peak services to Sydney Central via Gordon	[8]
2	CCN	Services to Wyong & Newcastle	[8]

• 
  Entrance on Pacific Highway
• 
  Entrance on Mill Street
• 
  Southbound view from Platform 2
• 
  Northbound view from Platform 1
• 
  Lifts and overheard concourse

Transport links

Busways 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:

• 47: Stockland Bay Village to Wyong station^[11]

References

1. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
2. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
3. Ourimbah Station NSWrail.net
4. Ourimbah Railway Station Group & Residence NSW Environment & Heritage
5. "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest May 1993 page 207
6. "Ourimbah Station Upgrade". Transport for NSW. 2 September 2021. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
7. Collins, Terry (30 August 2021). "Station lift upgrades completed". Central Coast News. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
8. "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
9. "Busways route 36". Transport for NSW.
10. "Busways route 37". Transport for NSW.
11. "Red Bus Service route 47". Transport for NSW.

External links

• Media related to Ourimbah railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Ourimbah station details Transport for New South Wales