Gymea railway station
Gymea | |||||||||||
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 Gymea station | |||||||||||
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Gymea Bay Road, Gymea New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Cronulla railway line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Station code | GYM | ||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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Gymea is a Sydney Trains railway station on the Cronulla branch of Sydney, Australia's Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line. It serves the residential area of Gymea.
History
The station opened with the line in 1939, when the surrounding residential area was first developed.
Originally, Gymea Station was one of two crossing loops between Cronulla and Sutherland, with the other being at Caringbah Station. The line section from Gymea to Caringbah was duplicated in 1985, and under the CityRail Clearways Project, the remaining sections of single line railway from Sutherland to Gymea and Caringbah to Cronulla were duplicated in 2010.
In 2005, the station was upgraded to Easy Access with the installation of a lift and tactile strips.
Platforms and services
As of the new Sydney Trains timetables on Sunday the 20th of October 2013: on weekdays the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction for most of the day, with additional trains provided during peak hours; and on weekends the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction for most of the day.[1]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | all stations and limited stops services to Hurstville, Central and Bondi Junction via Central | ||
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| 2 | all stations services to Cronulla via Miranda |
Transport links
Transdev NSW operates two routes via Gymea station:
Popular culture
The station is also the setting for the Sista She song "What R Yooze Girls Doin?" in which the rap duo recount their seeing-off of unwanted male attention.
References
- ↑ Sydney Train Timetables Sydney Trains retrieved 29 December 2014
- ↑ Routes 973 and 974 timetable Transdev NSW 20 October 2013
- ↑ Routes 975 and 976 timetable Transdev NSW 20 October 2013
External links
Media related to Gymea railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Sydney Trains - Gymea station details
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Coordinates: 34°02′06″S 151°05′07″E / 34.03490°S 151.08539°E