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Hurstville railway station

Coordinates: 33°58′02″S 151°06′09″E / 33.967259°S 151.102368°E / -33.967259; 151.102368
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Hurstville
Ormonde Parade concourse and entrance,
July 2017
General information
LocationOrmonde Parade, Hurstville
Australia
Coordinates33°58′02″S 151°06′09″E / 33.967259°S 151.102368°E / -33.967259; 151.102368
Elevation77 metres (253 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)Illawarra
Distance14.84 kilometres (9.22 mi) from Central
Platforms4 (2 island)
Tracks4
Bus routes410, 450, 452, 455, 490, 491, 940, 941, 943, 945, 947, 953, 954, 955, 958, 959, 970, 971, M91
Bus operatorsTransit Systems, U-Go Mobility
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeHVL
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened15 October 1884; 140 years ago (1884-10-15)
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023[2]
  • 10,740,590 (year)
  • 29,426 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Terminus Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
Weekday peak only
 Allawah
towards Bondi Junction
Penshurst
towards Waterfall or Cronulla
 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
Off peak only
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line Kogarah
towards Bondi Junction
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
Weekday peak only
 Wolli Creek
towards Bondi Junction
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Sutherland
towards Kiama
 South Coast Line Wolli Creek
towards Central or Bondi Junction

Hurstville railway station is located on the Illawarra line, serving the Sydney suburb of Hurstville. It is served by Sydney Trains' T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and NSW TrainLink's South Coast Line services.

History

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The station during construction of the shopping centre

Hurstville station opened on 15 October 1884 on the terminus of the Illawarra railway line from Redfern. On 26 December 1885, the line was extended to Sutherland.[3] The station initially had two side platforms and two through running lines. When the line was duplicated in 1925, the station was rebuilt with two island platforms, with the southern platform serving the Illawara main line and the northern platform serving the Illawara Local (IL) line.

The Illawara Local pair of tracks end at Hurstville, with the up track continuing a little further to the King Georges Rd underpass. Both tracks merge onto the Illawara mainline. There are also three sidings branching off the Up Illawara Local, which are now unused with some track lifted.[4][5]

In 1920, five people were killed when two trains collided while one was shunting at the station.[6]

In 1965, the air rights above the platforms were covered by the Hurstville Super Centre shopping centre, one of the first suburban stations in Sydney to receive such treatment of its overhead airspace.

The original station buildings survived underneath until demolished during refurbishment in the early 1990s. Prior to September 1998, the station received an easy access upgrade which included lifts to each platform.

The centre was refurbished in 2008 and rebranded Hurstville Central.[7]

There have previously been plans to build several residential towers above the station[8] but these plans have been shelved over concerns about the integrity of overhead supports in the event of a derailment.[9]

In late 2019, as part of the Transport for NSW's More Trains More Services program, a crossover was proposed to be built east of the station, to allow Hurstville to Bondi Junction all station services to swap operation from the Illawarra Local tracks to the Illawarra Main tracks and utilise platforms 3 & 4 instead of 1 & 2. The crossover would optimise the capacity of T4 and South Coast Line services along the Illawarra railway line corridor.[10] Construction began in 2020 and it was commissioned and brought into service in February 2024, with final works completed in June 2024.[11]

Platforms and services

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The platforms
Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 Peak Hour terminating and returning local services to Bondi Junction.
Some off peak services to Bondi Junction.		 [12]
Some services to Central or Bondi Junction.[13]
2 Peak Hour terminating and returning local services to Bondi Junction.
Some off peak services to to Cronulla and Waterfall.		 [12]
Some services to Kiama.[13]
3 services to Bondi Junction. [12]
services to Central, Martin Place & Bondi Junction.[13]
4 services to Cronulla, Waterfall & Helensburgh. [12]
services to Wollongong, Dapto & Kiama.[13]
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Unpaid concourse within the Hurstville Central shopping centre

Transit Systems operates four bus routes via Hurstville station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

U-Go Mobility operates 16 bus routes via Hurstville station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Hurstville railway station is served by two NightRide routes:

Trackplan

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Current configuration
(with Feb 2024 changes shown)
Legend
 ↑To Allawah
New crossover
Crossover removed
↓To Penshurst

References

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  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Hurstville Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Drivers Route Knowledge Diagrams – Illawara Suburban line (Central to Waterfall) (PDF). Sydney Trains. 2019. pp. 17–18.
  5. ^ "NSW Six Maps" (PDF). SIX Maps. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. ^ Hurstville Train disaster Sydney Morning Herald 26 August 1920 page 8
  7. ^ Trembath, Murray (29 September 2017). "Hurstville's version of pie in the sky". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  8. ^ On track – railway views drawing developers' gaze Sydney Morning Herald 13 September 2003
  9. ^ Safety risk stops rail apartments Sydney Morning Herald 4 December 2004
  10. ^ "More Trains, More Services – Hurstville Crossover Project Review of Environmental Factors". Transport for NSW. October 2019. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  11. ^ Transport for NSW (13 June 2024). "Hurstville Crossover Project". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  13. ^ a b c d "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  14. ^ "Transit Systems route 410". Transport for NSW.
  15. ^ "Transit Systems route 490". Transport for NSW.
  16. ^ "Transit Systems route 491". Transport for NSW.
  17. ^ "Transdev NSW route M91". Transport for NSW.
  18. ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 450". Transport for NSW.
  19. ^ "Transdev NSW route 452". Transport for NSW.
  20. ^ "Transdev NSW route 455". Transport for NSW.
  21. ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 940". Transport for NSW.
  22. ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 939". Transport for NSW.
  23. ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 943". Transport for NSW.
  24. ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 945". Transport for NSW.
  25. ^ "Transdev NSW route 947". Transport for NSW.
  26. ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 953". Transport for NSW.
  27. ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 954". Transport for NSW.
  28. ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 955". Transport for NSW.
  29. ^ "Transdev NSW route 958". Transport for NSW.
  30. ^ "Transdev NSW route 959". Transport for NSW.
  31. ^ "Transdev NSW route 970". Transport for NSW.
  32. ^ "Transdev NSW route 971". Transport for NSW.
  33. ^ "N10 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
  34. ^ "N11 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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