Hurstville railway station

Hurstville railway station is located on the Illawarra line, serving the Georges River Council suburb of Hurstville. It is served by Sydney Trains' T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and NSW TrainLink's South Coast Line services.

Hurstville
Ormonde Parade concourse and entrance, July 2017
General information
Location	Ormonde Parade, Hurstville Australia
Coordinates	33°58′02″S 151°06′09″E
Elevation	77 metres (253 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Illawarra
Distance	14.84 kilometres (9.22 mi) 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; 140 years ago (1884-10-15)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2024[1]	11,115,580 (year) 30,370 (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
Location

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 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.^[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 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

The twenty-two bus routes operated via Hurstville station are spread throughout twelve bus stands, labelled as Stands A through M.^[14]

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

• 410 to Marsfield^[15]
• 490: to Drummoyne^[16]
• 491: to Five Dock^[17]
• M91 to Parramatta station via Bankstown station^[18]

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

• 450: to Strathfield station via Roselands Shopping Centre^[19]
• 452: Beverly Hills station to Rockdale station^[20]
• 455: Kingsgrove to Rockdale Plaza^[21]
• 940: to Bankstown station via Riverwood^[22]
• 941: to Bankstown station via Roselands Shopping Centre^[23]
• 943: to Lugarno^[24]
• 945: to Bankstown station via Riverwood^[25]
• 947: to Kogarah station via Ramsgate^[26]
• 953: to Kyle Bay, Connells Point & South Hurstville^[27]
• 954: to Hurstville Grove^[28]
• 955: to Mortdale via Oatley^[29]
• 958: to Rockdale Plaza via Carss Park^[30]
• 959: to Bald Face^[31]
• 970: to Westfield Miranda via Sylvania Heights^[32]
• 971: to South Cronulla via Sylvania & Miranda^[33]

Hurstville railway station is served by two NightRide routes:

• N10: Sutherland station to Town Hall station^[34]
• N11: Cronulla station to Town Hall station^[35]

Trackplan

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