Dulwich Hill railway station

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Dulwich Hill
Dulwich Hill Station.jpg
Westbound view of station platform and building, October 2023
General information
LocationWardell Road, Dulwich Hill
Australia
Coordinates 33°54′40″S151°08′27″E / 33.9111°S 151.1409°E / -33.9111; 151.1409
Elevation22 metres (72 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Metro Trains Sydney (from 2025)
Line(s) Bankstown
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks4
Connections TfNSW L.svg Light Rail TfNSW B.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusWeekdays:
  • Staffed: 6am-7pm

Weekends and public holidays:

  • Unstaffed
Station code DHM
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened1 February 1895
Closed30 September 2024
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesWardell Road (1895-1920)
Key dates
2014Light rail terminus opened
2023Western concourse opened
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 987,660 (year)
  • 2,706 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW M.svg Sydney Metro Following station
Future services
Hurlstone Park
towards Bankstown
Metro North West & Bankstown Line Marrickville
towards Tallawong
Light rail connections
Preceding station TfNSW L.png Light Rail Following station
Terminus Dulwich Hill Line Dulwich Grove
towards Central
Former services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Hurlstone Park
towards Lidcombe or Liverpool
Bankstown Line (until 2024) Marrickville
towards City Circle

Dulwich Hill railway station is a heritage-listed railway station serving the Sydney suburb of Dulwich Hill. It located on the Bankstown line and is also the terminus of the Inner West Light Rail line, the heavy and light rail platforms being connected by an elevated concourse.

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History

Dulwich Hill station opened on 1 February 1895 as Wardell Road when the Bankstown line opened from Sydenham to Belmore. It was renamed Dulwich Hill on 1 July 1920. [3] [4]

To the north of the heavy rail platforms lie two tracks that are part of the Metropolitan Goods line. Opposite the platform lay a triangular junction that connected the Metropolitan Goods line to a branch to Rozelle. [5] The branch was converted to light rail after goods traffic ceased, reopening on 27 March 2014 and terminating at Dulwich Hill. [6]

The station has two heavy rail platforms in an island platform configuration, the only station on the section running parallel to the goods line not to be converted to side platforms. The station buildings date from 1935. [4]

In October 2023, a new western concourse opened, providing lift access and transfer to the light rail platform. [7]

The station closed on 30 September 2024 as part of works to convert the Bankstown line to Sydney Metro. [8]

Platforms and services

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Tallawong (from 2025)
2
M1
services to Bankstown (from 2025)

Light rail

The light rail terminus sits at the end of Bedford Crescent, where the Rozelle branch line joined the main Metropolitan Goods railway line. [9]

LineStopping patternNotes
L1
services to Central [10]

History

During the planning process, the design was altered after a review favoured moving the stop to the end of Bedford Crescent rather than the platform being parallel to the heavy rail lines. [11] [12] This final design includes a single side platform and is further away from the heavy rail platforms than the original proposal, but includes a connection to Jack Shanahan Park on the western side of the light rail alignment, which improved access to the park from the east and access to the stop from the west. Other improvements cited were reduced construction cost and environmental impact due to the elimination of the extensive work required to widen the cutting under the original proposal, and the reduced need to interface with RailCorp assets. [13]

As patronage on the line increased, the single track terminus at Dulwich Hill came to limit the number of services on the line, with frequency unable to be less than every eight minutes. In 2017, Transport for NSW promised to consider upgrading the line to allow more services, including looking at the Dulwich Hill terminus. [14]

Transit Systems operates one bus route via Dulwich Hill station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Dulwich Hill station is served by one NightRide route:

Future

Dulwich Hill will be converted to a Metro station as part of the second stage of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest. The Metro will significantly increase the frequency of service to 15 trains an hour and shorten the trip to the city by up to 4 minutes. [17]

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References

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  2. ↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. ↑ Dulwich Hill Station NSWrail.net
  4. 1 2 Dulwich Hill Railway Station Group Office of Environment & Heritage
  5. ↑ "Construction Notification – Dulwich Hill Station" (PDF). Sydney Metro. September 2024. p. 2. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Inner West Light rail extension now complete Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 27 March 2014
  7. ↑ "New footbridge opens at Dulwich Hill Station". Sydney Metro. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  8. ↑ Pittorino, Jennifer (30 September 2024). "T3 Bankstown line closed for works". Rail Express. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  9. ↑ Dulwich Hill Light Rail Stop Transport for NSW
  10. ↑ "Dulwich Hill Line". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  11. ↑ Submissions Report Appendix A (Part 1) p. 71. Transport NSW.
  12. ↑ Submissions Report – Main Report Archived 29 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine Figure 6.1 p. 67. Transport NSW
  13. ↑ Submissions Report Appendix A (Part 1) p. 59. Transport NSW.
  14. ↑ O'Sullivan, Matt (27 August 2017). "Why trams on Sydney's booming inner west light rail aren't running more often". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Transit Systems route 412". Transport for NSW.
  16. ↑ "N40 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
  17. ↑ "Dulwich Hill Train Station". sydneymetro.info. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

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