Nambour is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Nambour/Gympie North line. It opened in 1891 and serves the Sunshine Coast town of Nambour. It is a ground level station, featuring one side platform and one bay platform.
It is the terminus for most Sunshine Coast line trains, although two daily services continue to Gympie North. Long-distance services on the North Coast line, including the Spirit of Queensland, Tilt Train and Spirit of the Outback, stop at Nambour.
History The railway connection from Brisbane to Nambour opened in January 1891. At that time, the town, then known as Petrie's Creek was renamed Nambour after the Nambour cattle station.
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.Nambour Station upgrade Queensland Rail
Services Nambour is the terminus for Citytrain network services from Brisbane with two services daily continuing to Gympie. 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.
Nambour is also served by long-distance Traveltrain services; the Spirit of Queensland, Spirit of the Outback and theTilt Train.
Services by platform Nambour platform arrangementPlatformLinesDestinationsNotes 1 Gympie North [ Nambour Platform 1] TransLink Roma Street (to Ipswich/Rosewood line) Cairns Roma Street Longreach Roma Street Rockhampton Roma Street 2 Gympie North Roma Street (to Ipswich/Rosewood line)
Transport links Kinetic Sunshine Coast operate five bus routes to and from Nambour station: 610: to Sunshine Plaza via Kunda Park 612: to Sunshine Plaza via Bli Bli 630: to Noosa Junction via Doonan 631: to Noosa Junction via Cooroy 636: to University of the Sunshine Coast
Greyhound Australia operate services from Nambour station to Brisbane and Cairns.Cairns-Brisbane timetable Greyhound Australia 1 November 2018Brisbane-Cairns timetable Greyhound Australia 1 November 2018
References
External links
Nambour station Queensland Rail Nambour station Queensland's Railways on the Internet