Hurstville railway station
Hurstville | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Station entrance in January 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ormonde Parade, Hurstville | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°58′02″S 151°06′09″E / 33.967259°S 151.102368°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Illawarra | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 14.84 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | File:Sydney Buses Post.jpg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | HVL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | MyZone 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 October 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hurstville railway station is located on the Illawarra line, serving the Sydney suburb of Hurstville. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 line services and NSW TrainLink South Coast line services.
History
Hurstville station opened on 15 October 1884 on the terminus of the Illawarra line from Redfern. On 26 December 1885, the line was extended to Sutherland.[1] The station initially had two side platforms and two through running lines. When the line was quadrupled in 1925, the station was rebuilt with two island platforms. Hurstville remains the end of the four track section with the line continuing as two tracks south from this point.
In 1920 five people were killed when two trains collided while one was shunting at the station.[2]
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. The centre was refurbished in 2008 and rebranded Hurstville Central.[3]
There have previously been plans to build several residential towers above the station[4] but these plans have been shelved over concerns about the integrity of overhead supports in the event of a derailment.[5]
Platforms & services
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Bondi Junction | [6] | |
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| services to Central, Martin Place & Bondi Junction | [7] | ||
| 2 | services to Cronulla & Waterfall | [6] | |
| services to Wollongong, Port Kembla, Dapto & Kiama | [7] | ||
| 3 | services to Bondi Junction | [6] | |
| services to Central, Martin Place & Bondi Junction | [7] | ||
| 4 | services to Cronulla, Waterfall & Helensburgh | [6] | |
| services to Wollongong, Port Kembla, Dapto & Kiama | [7] |
Transport links
Punchbowl Bus Company operates ten routes via Hurstville station:
- 450: to Sydney Olympic Park[8]
- 940: to Bankstown station via Riverwood[9]
- 941: to Bankstown station via Roselands Shopping Centre[10]
- 943: to Lugarno[11]
- 944: to Bankstown station via Peakhurst Heights[12]
- 945: to Bankstown station via Riverwood[13]
- 946: to Bankstown station via Lakemba[14]
- 953: to Kyle Bay, Connells Point & South Hurstville[15]
- 954: to Hurstville Grove[15]
- 955: to Mortdale via Oatley[15]
Sydney Buses operate three routes to and from Hurstville station:
Transdev NSW operates eight routes via Hurstville station:
- 452: Beverly Hills station to Rockdale station[19]
- 453: to Rockdale station via Carlton[19]
- 455: Kingsgrove to Rockdale Plaza[20]
- 947: to Kogarah station via Ramsgate[21]
- 958: to Rockdale Plaza via Carss Park[22]
- 959: to Bald Face[23]
- 970: to Miranda station via Sylvania Heights[24]
- 971: to South Cronulla via Sylvania & Miranda[24]
- M91 to Parramatta station via Bankstown station[25]
Hurstville railway station is served by two NightRide routes:[26]
- N10: Sutherland station to City (Town Hall)
- N11: Cronulla station to City (Town Hall)
Trackplan
References
- ^ Waterfall Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Hurstville Train disaster Sydney Morning Herald 26 August 1920 page 8
- ^ Development Hurtsville Central
- ^ On track - railway views drawing developers' gaze Sydney Morning Herald 13 September 2003
- ^ Safety risk stops rail apartments Sydney Morning Herald 4 December 2004
- ^ a b c d "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b c d "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 450". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 940". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 939". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 943". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 944". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 945". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Punchbowl Bus Co route 946". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b c "Punchbowl Bus Co route 953". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 490". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 491". Transport for NSW.
- ^ Unknown line: see Template:Cite New South Wales transport timetables for usage.
- ^ a b "Transdev NSW route 452". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev NSW route 455". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev NSW route 947". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev NSW route 958". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev NSW route 959". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "Transdev NSW route 970". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev NSW route M91". Transport for NSW.
- ^ NightRide bus services Transport Info NSW
External links
Media related to Hurstville railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Hurstville station details Sydney Trains
