Nambour railway station

Nambour railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Nambour in the Sunshine Coast Region.

Nambour
Southbound view from Platform 1 in September 2012
General information
Location	Civic Way, Nambour
Coordinates	26°37′31″S 152°57′30″E / 26.6253°S 152.9582°E / -26.6253; 152.9582Coordinates: 26°37′31″S 152°57′30″E / 26.6253°S 152.9582°E / -26.6253; 152.9582
Owned by	Queensland Rail
Operated by	Queensland Rail
Line(s)	North Coast
Distance	103.83 kilometres from Central
Platforms	2 (1 side, 1 bay)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	89 spaces
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	600493
Fare zone	go card 6
Website	Queensland Rail
History
Rebuilt	16 December 1963
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Queensland Rail Following station Woombye towards Roma Street Sunshine Coast Line Terminus Sunshine Coast Line Gympie North service Yandina towards Gympie North Long distance services Caboolture towards Brisbane Spirit of Queensland Cooroy towards Cairns Landsborough towards Brisbane Electric Tilt Train Cooroy towards Rockhampton Caboolture towards Brisbane Spirit of the Outback Cooroy towards Longreach

History

On 16 December 1963, the present station building was opened by Minister for Transport Gordon Chalk. On 11 August 1988, a bus station was opened outside the station by Minister for Transport Ivan Gibbs. South of the station lie stabling sidings for electric multiple units. In 2016 a major upgrade to the station commenced.^[1]

Services

Nambour is the terminus for City network services from Brisbane with two services daily continuing to Gympie.^[2] To relieve congestion on the single track North Coast line, the rail service is supplemented by a bus service operated by Kangaroo Bus Lines on weekdays to Caboolture as route 649.^[3]

Nambour is also served by long-distance Traveltrain services; the Spirit of Queensland,^[4] Spirit of the Outback^[5] and the Bundaberg and Rockhamption Tilt Trains.^[6]

Services by platform

Platform	Lines	Destinations	Notes
1	Sunshine Coast	Brisbane Roma Street, Gympie North, Springfield Central & Ipswich	^[7]
	Traveltrain	Brisbane Roma Street, Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Longreach & Cairns
2	Sunshine Coast	Brisbane Roma Street, Springfield Central & Ipswich	^[7]

Transport links

Sunbus operate five routes to and from Nambour station:

• 610: to Sunshine Plaza via Kunda Park^[8]
• 612: to Sunshine Plaza via Bli Bli^[9]
• 630: to Noosa Junction via Doonan^[10]
• 631: to Noosa Junction via Cooroy^[11]
• 636: to University of the Sunshine Coast^[12]

Greyhound Australia operate services from Nambour station to Brisbane and Cairns.^[13][14]

References

1. Nambour Station upgrade Queensland Rail
2. "Sunshine Coast Line timetable". Translink. 2 March 2020.
3. "Route 649 timetable". Translink.
4. "Spirit of Queensland timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 13 June 2020.
5. "Spirit of the Outback timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 23 June 2020.
6. "Tilt Train timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 13 June 2020.
7. Nambour Platform 1 TransLink
8. "Route 610 timetable". Translink.
9. "Route 612 timetable". Translink.
10. "Route 630 timetable". Translink.
11. "Route 631 timetable". Translink.
12. "Route 636 timetable". Translink.
13. Cairns-Brisbane timetable Greyhound Australia 1 November 2018
14. Brisbane-Cairns timetable Greyhound Australia 1 November 2018

External links

•   Media related to Nambour railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Nambour station Queensland Rail
• Queensland's Railways on the Internet