Woy Woy railway station explained

Woy Woy
Style:	NSW TrainLink
Address:	Railway Street, Woy Woy
Country:	Australia
Coordinates:	-33.4842°N 151.3242°W
Elevation:	3m (10feet)
Distance:	72.62km (45.12miles) from Sydney Central
Line:	Main Northern
Structure:	Ground
Platform:	2 (1 island)
Tracks:	2
Electrified:	Yes
Accessible:	Yes
Status:	Staffed
Code:	WOY
Owned:	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operator:	NSW TrainLink
Passengers:	1,739,680 (year) 4,766 (daily)^[1]
Pass Year:	2023^[2]
Pass System:	NSW TrainLink
Web:	Transport for NSW

Woy Woy railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the southern Central Coast town of Woy Woy opening on 1 February 1889.^[3]

History

The station received an easy access upgrade and a lift at some point prior to September 1998. It was constructed on 1 February 1889 as part of the final part of the connection between Gosford and Hawkesbury River. The station was electrified in January 1960.

Platforms and services

Woy Woy has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Newcastle. Peak-hour services travel from Central to Wyong via the North Shore line. Services come every thirty minutes off-peak and on weekends, every seven minutes in peak hour (morning peak south and afternoon peak north).

There are two crossovers south of the station, allowing trains to terminate in an emergency. They cannot be used for regular working as they are manually operated by levers next to the tracks and there are no signals to permit any movements over the points. All signals at this station are controlled from Cowan or Gosford.^[4]

There is a small kiosk in the concourse that is normally open in the morning selling drinks and snacks.

The concourse has a pedestrian bridge over Railway Street to a large multi-story commuter car park. There are no ticketing requirements to park in this structure.