Gymea railway station is located on the Cronulla line, serving the

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suburb of Gymea. It is served by

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T4 line services.

History

Gymea station opened on 16 December 1939 when the Cronulla line opened from

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. 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 Caringbah is a suburb in Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Caringbah is south of the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local government area of Sutherland Shire. Caringbah once st ...

. The section from Gymea to Caringbah was duplicated in 1985, and under the

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, the remaining sections of single line railway from Sutherland to Gymea and Caringbah to

were duplicated in April 2010.

Platforms and services

Transport links

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operates two routes via Gymea station: *974:

Westfield Miranda Westfield Miranda (previously known as Miranda Fair) is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Miranda in Sutherland Shire of Sydney. Transport The Cronulla line offers frequent services to Miranda Station located outside the centre. We ...

Gymea Bay The Gymea Bay is a bay on the upper estuarine Port Hacking River, fed by the Coonong Creek in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia Location and features The bay, the locality, suburb of and the adjacent suburb of Gymea ...

*975: Westfield Miranda to Grays Point

References

External links

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Gymea station details
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