Hurstville railway station

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.

Hurstville
Ormonde Parade entrance in 2017
Location	Ormonde Parade, Hurstville
Coordinates	33°58′02″S 151°06′09″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Illawarra
Distance	14.84 kilometres from Central
Platforms	4 (2 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	HVL
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	15 October 1884
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	45,060 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank	12
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station Penshurst towards Waterfall or Cronulla T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line Allawah towards Bondi Junction Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Sutherland towards Bomaderry or Port Kembla South Coast Line Wolli Creek towards Bondi Junction

History

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.[2] The station initially had two side platforms and two through running lines. When the line was quadruplicated 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.[3][4]

In 1920, five people were killed when two trains collided while one was shunting at the station.[5]

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.[6]

There have previously been plans to build several residential towers above the station[7] but these plans have been shelved over concerns about the integrity of overhead supports in the event of a derailment.[8]

In late 2019, as part of the Transport for NSW's More Trains More Services program, a crossover is 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.[9] The crossover will optimise the capacity of T4 and South Coast Line services along the Illawarra railway line corridor.[10]

Platforms & services

The platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T4	services to Bondi Junction	Used for terminating services during weekday peak hours, returning to Bondi Junction.[11]
	SCO	services to Central, Martin Place & Bondi Junction	[12]
2	T4	services to Cronulla & Waterfall	Used for terminating services during weekday peak hours, returning to Bondi Junction.[11]
	SCO	services to Wollongong, Port Kembla, Dapto & Kiama	[12]
3	T4	services to Bondi Junction	[11]
	SCO	services to Central, Martin Place & Bondi Junction	[12]
4	T4	services to Cronulla, Waterfall & Helensburgh	[11]
	SCO	services to Wollongong, Port Kembla, Dapto & Kiama	[12]

Transport links

Unpaid concourse within the Hurstville Central shopping centre

Punchbowl Bus Company operates ten routes via Hurstville station:

• 450: to Strathfield station via Roselands Shopping Centre[13]
• 940: to Bankstown station via Riverwood[14]
• 941: to Bankstown station via Roselands Shopping Centre[15]
• 943: to Lugarno[16]
• 945: to Bankstown station via Riverwood[17]
• 953: to Kyle Bay, Connells Point & South Hurstville[18]
• 954: to Hurstville Grove[19]
• 955: to Mortdale via Oatley[20]

Transdev NSW operates eight routes via Hurstville station:

• 452: Beverly Hills station to Rockdale station[21]
• 453: to Rockdale station via Carlton[22]
• 455: Kingsgrove to Rockdale Plaza[23]
• 947: to Kogarah station via Ramsgate[24]
• 958: to Rockdale Plaza via Carss Park[25]
• 959: to Bald Face[26]
• 970: to Miranda station via Sylvania Heights[27]
• 971: to South Cronulla via Sylvania & Miranda[28]
• M91 to Parramatta station via Bankstown station[29]

Transit Systems operate three routes to and from Hurstville station:

• 410 to Marsfield[30]
• 490: to Drummoyne[31]
• 491: to Five Dock[32]

Hurstville railway station is served by two NightRide routes:

• N10: Sutherland station to City (Town Hall)[33]
• N11: Cronulla station to City (Town Hall)[34]

Trackplan

Track layout

References

1. NSW Train Stations Barrier Dashboard 2004-2018 Institute for Sustainable futures UTS
2. Hurstville Station NSWrail.net
3. Drivers Route Knowledge Diagrams - Illawara Suburban line (Central to Waterfall) (PDF). Sydney Trains. 2019. pp. 17–18.
4. "NSW Six Maps" (PDF). SIX Maps.
5. Hurstville Train disaster Sydney Morning Herald 26 August 1920 page 8
6. Trembath, Murray (29 September 2017). "Hurstville's version of pie in the sky". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
7. On track - railway views drawing developers' gaze Sydney Morning Herald 13 September 2003
8. Safety risk stops rail apartments Sydney Morning Herald 4 December 2004
9. "Hurstville Crossover Project". Transport for NSW. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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. "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
12. "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
13. "Punchbowl Bus Co route 450". Transport for NSW.
14. "Punchbowl Bus Co route 940". Transport for NSW.
15. "Punchbowl Bus Co route 939". Transport for NSW.
16. "Punchbowl Bus Co route 943". Transport for NSW.
17. "Punchbowl Bus Co route 945". Transport for NSW.
18. "Punchbowl Bus Co route 953". Transport for NSW.
19. "Punchbowl Bus Co route 954". Transport for NSW.
20. "Punchbowl Bus Co route 955". Transport for NSW.
21. "Transdev NSW route 452". Transport for NSW.
22. "Transdev NSW route 453". Transport for NSW.
23. "Transdev NSW route 455". Transport for NSW.
24. "Transdev NSW route 947". Transport for NSW.
25. "Transdev NSW route 958". Transport for NSW.
26. "Transdev NSW route 959". Transport for NSW.
27. "Transdev NSW route 970". Transport for NSW.
28. "Transdev NSW route 971". Transport for NSW.
29. "Transdev NSW route M91". Transport for NSW.
30. "Transit Systems route 410". Transport for NSW.
31. "Transit Systems route 490". Transport for NSW.
32. "Transit Systems route 491". Transport for NSW.
33. "N10 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
34. "N11 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

External links

Media related to Hurstville railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Hurstville station details Transport for New South Wales
• Hurstville Station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW