Wyong railway station is located on the Main Northern line in

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, Australia. It serves the northern Central Coast suburb of

Wyong Wyong () is a town in the Central Coast of New South Wales, located approximately 63 km SSW of Newcastle and 89 km NNE of Sydney. Established in 1888, it is one of the two administrative centres for the local government area. Hist ...

History

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Wyong railway station entrance from east side

Wyong station was opened on 15 August 1887. In 1912, the line was duplicated. In 1937, the eastern platform was converted to an island platform. A pair of passing loops were added south of the station in 1948. In the 1950s, a new bridge was built over Wyong Creek immediately south of the station, with the old railway bridge becoming part of the Pacific Highway. Between April 1982 and June 1984, Wyong was the northern extremity of the electrified network. A brick building on Platforms 1 and 2 was replaced by the current structure in the 1990s. On 1 November 1993, an upgraded footbridge with a new ticket office and lifts was opened by

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Platforms & services

Wyong has three platforms, one island with two faces and one side platform. It is serviced by

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services travelling from Sydney Central to

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. Peak-hour services to and from Central and

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via the North Shore line also terminate at Wyong. It is also serviced by NSW Trainlink Xplorer and XPT long-distance services from Sydney to

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, Moree, Grafton,

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Transport links

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operate seven routes via Wyong station: *78:

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Lake Haven Lake Haven is a lakeside suburb near Wyong on the NSW Central Coast and is located about north east of the Wyong CBD. It is about north of Sydney and south of Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropol ...

via Warnervale station *79: Westfield Tuggerah to Lake Haven via Hamlyn Terrace &

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*80: Westfield Tuggerah to Lake Haven via Old Pacific Highway & Wyong Hospital *81: Westfield Tuggerah to Lake Haven via Wattanobbi, Johns Road & Wyongah *82: Westfield Tuggerah to Lake Haven via Tacoma & Wyongah *93: Westfield Tuggerah to Noraville *94: Westfield Tuggerah to Budgewoi

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operate four routes via Wyong station: *10:

to Warnervale station *11: Westfield Tuggerah to

*12: Westfield Tuggerah to Dooralong via Durren Durren *13: to Westfield Tuggerah to Lemon Tree via Warnervale station

Red Bus Services Red Bus Services is an Australian bus company operating route bus services on the New South Wales Central Coast. History In 1923 Messrs. Barham & Wells started a bus service between The Entrance and Wyong in opposition to a ferry service. In ...

operate seven routes via Wyong station: *15: to The Entrance *16: Wyong to The Entrance *19: to Gosford station via

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*24: to The Entrance via Berkeley Vale & Glenning Valley (combined 25/26 service) *25: to The Entrance via Glenning Valley *26: Wyong Hospital to The Entrance via Berkeley Vale *30: to

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References

External links

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Wyong station details
Transport for New South Wales
Wyong Station Public Transport Map
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