Dapto railway station

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Dapto
Dapto Railway Station Platforms.jpg
Platforms 1-2 in November 2023
General information
LocationStation Street, Dapto
New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 34°29′34″S150°47′30″E / 34.4929°S 150.7918°E / -34.4929; 150.7918
Elevation12 metres (39 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) South Coast
Distance95.047 km from Central [1]
Platforms
  • 1 (side), 199 m, built 1993
  • 2 (side), 329 m, built 1887
  • 3 (dock), 191 m, built 1993 [1]
Train operatorsNSW TrainLink
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesBike racks
AccessibleAssisted access
Architectural style Late Victorian
Other information
Fare zoneOpal
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened9 January 1887 [2]
Electrified24 January 1993 [3]
Passengers
2023 [4]
  • 241,750 (year)
  • 662 (daily) [5] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Albion Park
towards Kiama
South Coast Line Kembla Grange
Weekends and race days only
towards Central or Bondi Junction
Unanderra
towards Central or Bondi Junction

Dapto railway station is located on the South Coast railway line in the Wollongong suburb of Dapto, New South Wales, Australia.

Contents

History

The railway from Clifton to North Kiama, opened in 1887, continued through the sparsely-settled rural district of Dapto. Although the station was built some distance south of the existing village centre (that area, now called Brownsville, was considered too swampy) the platform building was significantly larger than any other south of Wollongong – of a scale usually reserved for medium-sized country towns. The commercial centre of Dapto duly migrated south to be nearer the station. [6] [7]

The approach to the platform building from Station Street is via a circular driveway through Hartigan Park, planted with brush box and Canary Island date palm. (Today, the park also contains Korean and Vietnam war memorials.) [6]

Entry is via a gabled entry porch flanked by small verandahs. The building is made of weatherboard, with a complex, gabled roof clad in corrugated steel. The building was renovated in the 1920s and again in 1970. The original toilet block was replaced with the current blond-brick structure in 1971. [6]

Dapto served as the interchange point between diesel multiple units to Bomaderry and electric multiple units to Wollongong and Sydney from 1993 [8] until the Kiama electrification in 2001. To accommodate the interchange, a new platform 1 was built on the western side of the station, and a new dock platform (3) was added to the northern end of the main platform, which was renumbered platform 2. Access between platforms 1 and 2 is via the Bong Bong Road level crossing on the southern end of the platforms. Additional minor upgrades were completed in 2013 and 2014. [6]

In 2014, electronic ticketing in the form of the Opal smart card became available at the station. [9]

In 2014, the railway station was featured in the first episode of an online animated series called Damo and Darren where the two main characters argue over a lighter. [10]

Platforms and services

Dapto has two side platforms and one dock platform. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink South Coast line services travelling between Sydney Central, Bondi Junction and Kiama. [11]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1
SCO
services to Kiama, Sydney Central & Bondi Junction [11]
2
SCO
services to Kiama, Sydney Central & Bondi Junction [11]
3
SCO
terminating services to & from Sydney Central & Bondi Junction dock platform [11]


Premier Illawarra operates five bus routes via Dapto station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Dapto is also served by one NSW TrainLink coach service between Wollongong and Bundanoon. [17]

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References

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  3. ↑ Bureau of Transport Statistics (November 2012). Compendium of Sydney Rail Travel Statistics, 8th Edition.
  4. ↑ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  5. ↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Office of Environment & Heritage (29 May 2009). "Dapto railway station group".
  7. ↑ City of Wollongong Library (29 June 2015). "Suburb profile: Dapto". Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dapto electrics spark timetable changes" Railway Digest February 1993
  9. ↑ Opal card available on all Sydney trains by next Friday Sydney Morning Herald 20 March 2014
  10. ↑ Australia's Beavis and Butthead: Damo and Darren "Sydney Morning Herald 5 April 2014
  11. 1 2 3 4 "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  12. ↑ "Premier Illawarra route 31". Transport for NSW.
  13. ↑ "Premier Illawarra route 33". Transport for NSW.
  14. ↑ "Premier Illawarra route 37". Transport for NSW.
  15. ↑ "Premier Illawarra route 41". Transport for NSW.
  16. ↑ "Premier Illawarra route 57". Transport for NSW.
  17. ↑ "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
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