Port Kembla North railway station

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Port Kembla North
Port Kembla North Railway station.jpg
Eastbound station footbridge view in October 2011
General information
LocationFlinders Street, Port Kembla
New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 34°28′23″S150°53′17″E / 34.4730°S 150.8881°E / -34.4730; 150.8881
Elevation14 metres (46 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Line(s) Port Kembla railway line
Distance88.771 km from Central [1]
Platforms1 (197 metres) [1]
Train operators NSW TrainLink
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleNot accessible
Other information
Fare zoneOpal
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened9 March 1936;87 years ago (1936-03-09) [2]
Electrified4 February 1986;38 years ago (1986-02-04) [3]
Passengers
2023 [4]
  • 7,410 (year)
  • 20 (daily) [5] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Port Kembla
Terminus
South Coast Line Cringila

Port Kembla North railway station is a single-platform intercity train station located in Port Kembla, Australia, on the South Coast railway line's Port Kembla branch. The station serves NSW TrainLink trains traveling south to Port Kembla Station and north to Wollongong and Sydney. [6] The station was one of 23 on the metropolitan rail network to record an average of fewer than one passenger per day in 2014. [7]

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History

The wharves, mills and factories that today characterise Port Kembla began to develop in the early part of the 20th century. The railway from the main South Coast line to the new port was completed in July 1916, but the only station, Mount Drummond, was at the northern end. A single-platform station near the Outer Harbour, called Port Kembla, opened in January 1920. [8] A second station for the suburb, called Port Kembla North, opened in March 1936, at the southern boundary of the vast Australian Iron & Steel site – the year after the enterprise was acquired by BHP. [2] [9]

The station has no platform building – save for a small waiting shed and services hut – and is not staffed. Electric multiple unit trains began to service the station from February 1986 and electronic ticketing facilities were activated in 2014. [10]

Platforms and Services

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1
SCO
services to Port Kembla, Thirroul & Waterfall
1 weekday morning peak & 4 weekend late night services to Bondi Junction
[6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Asset Standards Authority (30 April 2015). "Train Operating Conditions (TOC) Manual – Track Diagrams (version 3.0)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 Bozier, Rolfe. "NSWrail.net: Port Kembla North Station".
  3. Office of Environment & Heritage (9 October 2009). "Wollongong Railway Station Group".
  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 "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. Bureau of Transport Statistics (March 2015). "Summary of train journeys (official patronage figures)". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  8. Bozier, Rolfe. "NSWrail.net: Port Kembla Station".
  9. Australia's Industry World, Port Kembla. "HSC Geography Case Study; A Brief History of the Steel Industry at Port Kembla".
  10. Opal card available on all Sydney trains by next Friday Sydney Morning Herald 20 March 2014