Nambucca Heads railway station

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Nambucca Heads
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Nambucca Heads Railway Station, 2024
General information
LocationRailway Road, Nambucca Heads
Coordinates 30°37′45″S152°58′39″E / 30.6291°S 152.9775°E / -30.6291; 152.9775
Elevation15 metres (49 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) North Coast
Distance565.10 km (351.14 mi) from Central
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm, 7.30pm-9.30pm, 10pm - 12 midnight

Contents

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code NBH
History
Opened3 December 1923;100 years ago (1923-12-03)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Urunga
towards Grafton or Casino
NSW TrainLink North Coast Line
Except northbound Brisbane XPT
Macksville
towards Sydney

Nambucca Heads railway station is located on the North Coast line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Nambucca Heads, opening on 3 December 1923 as Nambucca Heads. [1] It was renamed Nambucca in October 1925, before resuming its original name on 21 June 1964. [2] [3]

Platforms and services

Nambucca Heads has one platform. Each day northbound XPT services operate to Grafton and Casino, with three southbound services operating to Sydney including the Brisbane XPT. [4] There is a connecting bus service to Macksville. [1] This station is a request stop for the southbound Casino XPT, so this service stops here only if passengers booked to board/alight here. The northbound Brisbane XPT passes through this station without stopping.

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Sydney Central, Grafton & Casino southbound Casino XPT request stop
(booked passengers only)

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References

  1. 1 2 Chan, Ray (2 December 2023). "Century for Nambucca Heads station". Rail Express. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. Nambucca Station NSWrail.net
  3. Nambucca Heads Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage
  4. "North Coast timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.