The Refreshment Room

Since the Hawkesbury River Bridge opened in 1889, linking Sydney to Newcastle by rail for the first time, there has been a refreshment room at Gosford Station ready to greet passengers. For 137 years, that tradition of warmth and service has carried on, and for nearly 30 of those years the Gosford Railway Café has been run by one local family, serving generations of commuters by name and by habit. Let's not see that legacy replaced by a vending machine. Supporting this petition is about more than convenience; it's about connection, about the people and places that make a daily commute part of a community. After all, it's not only the destination that matters, but the journey in between.