Hurstville railway station

Hurstville
Ormonde Parade concourse and entrance, July 2017
General information
Location	Ormonde Parade, Hurstville
Coordinates	33°58′02″S151°06′09″E / 33.967259°S 151.102368°E / -33.967259; 151.102368
Elevation	77 metres (253 ft)
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
Bus routes	410, 450, 452, 455, 490, 491, 940, 941, 943, 945, 947, 953, 954, 955, 958, 959, 970, 971, M91
Bus operators	Transit Systems, U-Go Mobility
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	HVL
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	15 October 1884;139 years ago (1884-10-15)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023 [1]	10,740,590 (year) 29,426 (daily) [2] (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

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

The platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T4	Peak Hour terminating and returning local services to Bondi Junction. Some off peak services to Bondi Junction.	[12]
	SCO	Some services to Central or Bondi Junction.	[13]
2	T4	Peak Hour terminating and returning local services to Bondi Junction. Some off peak services to to Cronulla and Waterfall.	[12]
	SCO	Some services to Kiama.	[13]
3	T4	services to Bondi Junction.	[12]
	SCO	services to Central, Martin Place & Bondi Junction.	[13]
4	T4	services to Cronulla, Waterfall & Helensburgh.	[12]
	SCO	services to Wollongong, Dapto & Kiama.	[13]

Transport links

Unpaid concourse within the Hurstville Central shopping centre

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

• 410 to Marsfield ^[14]
• 490: to Drummoyne ^[15]
• 491: to Five Dock ^[16]
• M91 to Parramatta station via Bankstown station ^[17]

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

• 450: to Strathfield station via Roselands Shopping Centre ^[18]
• 452: Beverly Hills station to Rockdale station ^[19]
• 455: Kingsgrove to Rockdale Plaza ^[20]
• 940: to Bankstown station via Riverwood ^[21]
• 941: to Bankstown station via Roselands Shopping Centre ^[22]
• 943: to Lugarno ^[23]
• 945: to Bankstown station via Riverwood ^[24]
• 947: to Kogarah station via Ramsgate ^[25]
• 953: to Kyle Bay, Connells Point & South Hurstville ^[26]
• 954: to Hurstville Grove ^[27]
• 955: to Mortdale via Oatley ^[28]
• 958: to Rockdale Plaza via Carss Park ^[29]
• 959: to Bald Face ^[30]
• 970: to Westfield Miranda via Sylvania Heights ^[31]
• 971: to South Cronulla via Sylvania & Miranda ^[32]

Hurstville railway station is served by two NightRide routes:

• N10: Sutherland station to Town Hall station ^[33]
• N11: Cronulla station to Town Hall station ^[34]

Trackplan

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

References

1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
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. "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
13. "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.

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