Hurstville railway station is a suburban railway station located on the South Coast line, serving the Sydney suburb of Hurstville. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and intercity South Coast Line services.
History
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.Hurstville Station NSWrail.net 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 Illawarra main line and the northern platform serving the Illawarra Local (IL) line.
The Illawarra 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 Illawarra mainline. There are also three sidings branching off the Up Illawarra Local, which are now unused with some track lifted.
In 1920, five people were killed when two trains collided while one was shunting at the station.Hurstville Train disaster Sydney Morning Herald 26 August 1920 page 8
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.
There have previously been plans to build several residential towers above the stationOn track – railway views drawing developers' gaze Sydney Morning Herald 13 September 2003 but these plans have been shelved over concerns about the integrity of overhead supports in the event of a derailment.Safety risk stops rail apartments Sydney Morning Herald 4 December 2004
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. Construction began in 2020 and it was commissioned and brought into service in February 2024, with final works completed in June 2024.
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The twenty-two bus routes operated via Hurstville station are spread throughout twelve bus stands, labelled as Stands A through M.
Transit Systems operates four bus routes via Hurstville station: 410 to Marsfield 490: to Drummoyne 491: to Five Dock M91 to Parramatta station via Bankstown station
U-Go Mobility operates sixteen bus routes via Hurstville station: 450: to Strathfield station via HomeCo. Roselands 452: Beverly Hills station to Rockdale station 455: Kingsgrove to Rockdale Plaza 940: to Bankstown station via Riverwood 941: to Bankstown station via HomeCo. Roselands 943: to Lugarno 945: to Bankstown station via Riverwood 947: to Kogarah station via Ramsgate 953: to Kyle Bay, Connells Point & South Hurstville 954: to Hurstville Grove 955: to Mortdale via Oatley 958: to Rockdale Plaza via Carss Park 959: to Bald Face 970: to Westfield Miranda via Sylvania Heights 971: to South Cronulla via Sylvania & Miranda
Hurstville railway station is served by two NightRide routes: N10: Sutherland station to Town Hall station N11: Cronulla station to Town Hall station
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References
External links
Hurstville station details Transport for New South Wales Hurstville Station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW