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Wondabyne railway station
Wondabyne | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view near Platform 2, November 2022 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Mullet Creek, Wondabyne Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°29′32″S 151°15′25″E / 33.492175°S 151.256944°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 65.15 km (40.48 mi) from Sydney Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | WDB | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 May 1889 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Mullet Creek Junction (1889–1890) Hawkesbury Cabin (1890–1891) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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Wondabyne railway station is a heritage-listed[3] railway station and request stop located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the southern Central Coast area known as Wondabyne and opened on 1 May 1889.[4] It is the only station in Australia that does not have road access.[5]
Wondabyne station is mainly used by trail goers on the Great North Walk and the homeowners who live on the other side of Mullet Creek which is a tributary of the Hawkesbury River. It a favoured spot of trainspotters.[6] The area has a quarry that is used intermittently and several houses which can only be accessed by boat from a jetty next to the station.
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Wondabyne Railway Station". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Railwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Noone, Richard (13 April 2015). "Wondabyne NSW: The only train station in Australia inaccessible by road". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Archived from the original on 14 October 2024.
- ^ Thorpe, Will (21 May 2024). "Onlookers dazzled by newfangled iron horse". Honi Soit. Archived from the original on 14 October 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
Trainspotters have our locations of choice; one of the most remarkable is Wondabyne station on the Central Coast.
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