Gymea railway station

Gymea
Eastbound view of Platform 1, April 2012
General information
LocationGymea Bay Road, Gymea
Australia
Coordinates34°02′06″S 151°05′07″E / 34.03490°S 151.08539°E / -34.03490; 151.08539
Elevation67 metres (220 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)Cronulla
Distance27.94 kilometres (17.36 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pm
Station codeGYM
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened16 December 1939
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023[2]
  • 966,100 (year)
  • 2,647 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Miranda
towards Cronulla
 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line Kirrawee
towards Bondi Junction

Gymea railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Cronulla line, serving the Sydney suburb of Gymea. It is served by Sydney Trains' T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services.

History

Gymea station opened on 16 December 1939 when the Cronulla line opened from Sutherland to Cronulla.[3][4]

The station was upgraded in 2005 and given a lift and canopies over the stairs.

Originally, Gymea was one of two crossing loops on the line, with the other being at Caringbah. The section from Gymea to Caringbah was duplicated in 1985, and under the Rail Clearways Program, the remaining sections of single line railway from Sutherland to Gymea and Caringbah to Cronulla were duplicated in April 2010.[5][6]

Platforms and services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Bondi Junction [7]
2 services to Cronulla [7]

U-Go Mobility operates two bus routes via Gymea station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Gymea Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Gymea Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ^ "Gymea – Caringah Duplication Opened" Railway Digest August 1985 page 234
  6. ^ First passenger trains run on newly duplicated track on the Cronulla Line Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation 19 April 2010
  7. ^ a b "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ^ "Transdev NSW route 974". Transport for NSW.
  9. ^ "Transdev NSW route 975". Transport for NSW.