Wondabyne railway station

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Wondabyne
Wondabyne Railway Station.jpg
Northbound view near Platform 2, November 2022
General information
LocationMullet Creek, Wondabyne
Australia
Coordinates 33°29′32″S151°15′25″E / 33.492175°S 151.256944°E / -33.492175; 151.256944
Elevation5 m (16 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance65.15 km (40.48 mi) from Sydney Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingNo
AccessibleNo
Other information
Station code WDB
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened1 May 1889;135 years ago (1889-05-01)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesMullet Creek Junction (1889-1890)
Hawkesbury Cabin (1890-1891)
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 8,490 (year)
  • 23 (daily) [2] (NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Woy Woy
towards Newcastle Interchange
Central Coast & Newcastle Line Hawkesbury River
towards Central

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]

Contents

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.

History

Wondabyne station was constructed with the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge. [5] Between 1888 and 1897, before the bridge opened, and after Woy Woy Tunnel was opened, railway traffic took a ferry from a temporary dead end at Mullet Creek, 400 metres north of Wondabyne station.

The station was originally opened as Mullet Creek Junction, after the nearby creek, [3] as the station was built for its development of the quarry. It was renamed Hawkesbury Cabin in 1890 and finally Wondabyne on 15 January 1891 after Mt. Wondabyne close to the railway station across the bay.

Wondabyne was also renowned for its maritime transport industry. [7] Along its creek are squatter houses which housed fishermen; the area is still used for recreational fishing. Wondabyne was once a busy area and had a pub called The Centennial, which closed in 1891 shortly after the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge was opened. There were also steamboat services, which took passengers from Wondabyne station along the Hawkesbury River to Brooklyn.

In April 1939, Wondabyne station was relocated to the current site. [4]

Platforms and services

Wondabyne has two side platforms and despite the station's short length  – less than one carriage long  – it is fully equipped with an Opal card reader, [5] announcements of approaching trains, security cameras, printed timetables and other posters relevant to the railways such as safety messaging. The platforms are classified as SP1r (Alight from last car's rear door).

This station is one example of train stations that uses selective door operation due to trains only stopping at this station on request.

Wondabyne is serviced by Central Coast & Newcastle Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Newcastle Interchange. [8] It is a request stop with passengers required to notify the guard if they wish to alight and wave at the driver if they want to board. In both cases the rear door of the rear carriage corresponds with the platform.

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1Services to Sydney Central Request stop [8]
2
CCN
Services to Gosford, Wyong & Newcastle Request stop [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. 1 2 "Wondabyne Railway Station". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage . Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Wondabyne Station". nswrail.net. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Wondabyne Railway Station". State Heritage Inventory. Archived from the original on 7 January 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.

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