- Caringbah railway station, Sydney
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facilities= [http://www.cityrail.info/facilities/facilities.jsp?n=56&giveOutput=true&facility= Link]Caringbah is a
CityRail railway station, located on the Cronulla branch of Sydney's Illawara line. Located in theSydney suburb of Caringbah it serves a residential and commercial area.Caringbah can be accessed from The Kingsway, one of the suburb's main roads. The train line runs underneath the road. It is located in the main part of Caringbah's commercial district, and is a twenty minute walk from the suburb's light industrial area. This station is also heavily used by local schools. e.g. Caringbah High School.
Platforms/Service
Like Miranda railway station, it has an island platform with trains running in both directions, one direction per side. There are four train services per hour (two in the direction of Cronulla and two in the direction of the city) at most times. Additional trains run at weekday peak hours.
Platform 1:
*Illawarra line colour>Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line - all stations and limited stops services to Hurstville, Central and Bondi Junction.Platform 2:
*Illawarra line colour>Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line - all stations services to Cronulla.Access
The platform does not have
Easy Access for wheelchairs, but does have lift access.Parking
It is one of the few stations in the
Sutherland Shire without an official CityRail carpark. However there is a large amount of all-day parking along the rail line for quite a distance, only a short walk away.Transport Links
Sydney Buses runs one route via Caringbah station:
*Route 474 - Operates School Days Only - South to Miranda, North to Ramsgate viaTaren Point .BusLink runs two routes via Caringbah station:
*984 - to Miranda via North Cronulla and Caringbah station.
*985 - to South Cronulla and Miranda via Caringbah Station.
Caringbah Buses runs two routes via Caringbah station:
*977 - Between Miranda and Lilli Pilli.
*978 - Between Miranda and Port Hacking.
NightRide runs one route via Caringbah station:
*Route N11 - Between Cronulla station and City(Town Hall).Gallery
Neighbouring stations
External links
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