- Ourimbah railway station, New South Wales
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facilities= [http://www.cityrail.info/facilities/facilities.jsp?n=211&giveOutput=true&facility= Link]Ourimbah railway station is located in Ourimbah on the Central Coast of
New South Wales ,Australia on the Newcastle & Central Coast Line. The station has two platforms. The station was built in1886 [cite web| title=Wyong Shire Historical Sites| publisher=Wyong Shire Council| month=July| year=2007| url=http://www.wyongsc.nsw.gov.au/wyongshire/historical_sites.html| accessdate=2008-01-18] and opened onAugust 15 ,1887 . It is served by intercity trains to Sydney & Newcastle, with approximately 40 services each way per day. [cite web| title=Public Transport:University of Newcastle, Central Coast Campus| publisher=The University of Newcastle, Australia| year=2006| url=http://www.newcastle.edu.au/campus/ourimbah/visitors/publictransport.html| accessdate=2008-01-18]More than 2,000 passengers use the station per week. [cite web| title=Question on Notice: Ourimbah Railway Station - Automatic Ticketing Machines| publisher=Hansard, Parliament of New South Wales| month=May| year=1993| url=http://143.119.255.90/isysquery/c62b34fa-5daa-478d-ab70-679f1c74ab93/1/doc/| accessdate=2008-01-18] Pedestrian signals were installed at the Highway crossing adjacent to the station in 1997.
Platforms/Service
Platform 1:
*Newcastle and Central Coast line colour>Newcastle & Central Coast Line - intercity services to Gosford, Hornsby and Central (via Strathfield).
*North Shore line colour>North Shore Line - peak hour intercity services to Central (via Chatswood).Platform 2:
*Newcastle and Central Coast line colour>Newcastle & Central Coast Line - intercity services to Wyong and Newcastle.
*North Shore line colour>North Shore Line - peak hour intercity services to Wyong.Transport Links
Busways runs two routes via Ourimbah railway station:
*Route 36 - BetweenGosford and Tuggerah.
*Route 37 - BetweenGosford and Tuggerah.
Redbus runs one route via Ourimbah railway station:
*Route 47 - Between Bay Village and Wyong.References
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