{"id":1468,"date":"2018-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/uncategorized\/gosford-sydney-train-journey-could-soon-only-take-60-minutes\/"},"modified":"2018-11-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T14:00:00","slug":"gosford-sydney-train-journey-could-soon-only-take-60-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/lifestyle\/gosford-sydney-train-journey-could-soon-only-take-60-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gosford to Sydney train journey could soon only take 60 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/sydney_trains_brendon_thorne_getty_image.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney trains\" width=\"608\" height=\"457\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>30 minutes of extra sleep!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Central Coast rail commuters could soon be able to sleep in just that little bit longer, with new plans to reduce the train travel times on the Central Coast.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Coast Council has just released their draft Somersby to Erina Corridor Strategy \u2013 a plan and long-term vision for the 25km stretch along the Central Coast highway.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the draft strategy was a goal for more efficient transport with faster buses and more direct routes, better walking and cycling tracks, and a possibility of a 60-minute train journey to Sydney\u2019s CBD from Gosford station.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jeffgreenburg_getty_sydneytrains_010217.jpg\" width=\"397\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the journey can take anywhere from 1 hour and 17 minutes and 1 hour 35 minutes on a normal day to three hours after heavy delays or incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, it was reported that Central Coast commuters are spending the equivalent of 40 days per year travelling to and from work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/articles\/gosford-hospital-fees-skyrocket-458\" target=\"_blank\">Gosford Hospital paring fees skyrocket by 458%<\/a><br \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/articles\/massive-christmas-market-coming-central-coast\" target=\"_blank\">A massive Christmas market is coming to the Central Coast!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Written by Kate Stevens<\/p>\n<p>Images: Getty\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 minutes of extra sleep! Central Coast rail commuters could soon be able to sleep in just that little bit longer, with new plans to reduce the train travel times on the Central Coast. The Central Coast Council has just released their draft Somersby to Erina Corridor Strategy \u2013 a plan and long-term vision for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gosford to Sydney train journey could soon only take 60 minutes - Star 104.5 Central Coast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/best-of-the-web\/gosford-sydney-train-journey-could-soon-only-take-60-minutes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gosford to Sydney train journey could soon only take 60 minutes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"30 minutes of extra sleep! 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