Gympie North railway station
Railway station in Queensland, Australia
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Gympie North is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Nambour/Gympie North line. It opened in 1989 and is located in the Gympie locality of Victory Heights. It is a ground level station, featuring one side platform, and serves as the primary railway station for the Gympie Region.
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Station entrance in September 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rocky Ridge Road, Victory Heights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°09′30″S 152°40′55″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | T1 Nambour/Gympie North Spirit of Queensland Tilt Train Spirit of the Outback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 172.21 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 25 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 600500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Queensland Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 February 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It is the terminus for the Sunshine Coast line and the south-east Queensland rail network as a whole. Long-distance services on the North Coast line, including the Spirit of Queensland, Tilt Train and the Spirit of the Outback, stop at Gympie North.
History
Gympie North was opened on 4 February 1989 as a replacement for Gympie station, when the latter was bypassed by a new eight kilometre alignment that was built as part of the electrification of the North Coast line.[1][2][3]
The station consists of one platform.
Services
Gympie North is the northern boundary of the Translink network. It is serviced by two daily Citytrain network services towards Brisbane Roma Street.[4]
Gympie North is also served by long-distance Traveltrain services; the Spirit of Queensland, Spirit of the Outback and the Bundaberg and Rockhamption Tilt Trains.[5][6][7]
A free shuttle bus operates between the station and Gympie town centre.[8]
Platforms and services
| Gympie North platform arrangement | |||
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| Platform | Lines | Destinations | Notes |
| 1 | T1 Nambour/Gympie North | Roma Street (to Ipswich/Rosewood line) | [9] |
| Spirit of Queensland | Cairns | ||
| Roma Street | |||
| Spirit of the Outback | Longreach | ||
| Roma Street | |||
| Tilt Train | Rockhampton | ||
| Roma Street | |||
