Heathcote railway station

Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

34°05′18″S 151°00′29″E / 34.088199°S 151.008019°E / -34.088199; 151.008019Elevation193 metresOwned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated bySydney TrainsLine(s)IllawarraDistance33.15 kilometres from CentralPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeGroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatus
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pmStation codeHTCWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened9 March 1886ElectrifiedYesPassengers2023[2]
  • 261,680 (year)
  • 717 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Waterfall
Terminus
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line Engadine
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Waterfall
towards Kiama or Port Kembla
South Coast Line
(peak hour services)
Engadine

Heathcote railway station is located on the Illawarra line, serving the Sydney suburb of Heathcote. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 line services and limited NSW TrainLink South Coast line services. Station facilities include public toilets and a car park.

History

Heathcote station opened on 9 March 1886 as Loftus station when the Illawarra line was extended from Sutherland to Waterfall.[3] Upgrades to the station, including a new footbridge with lifts, were completed in January 2017.[4] The contract for these upgrades was awarded in July 2015.[5]

Platforms and services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
T4
services to Bondi Junction [6]
SCO
services to Bondi Junctionlimited weekday morning services[7]
2
T4
services to Waterfall & Helensburgh [6]
SCO
services to Kiama
1 weekday morning service to Port Kembla
limited weekday morning services[7]

Transport links

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

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Heathcote Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Heathcote Station Upgrade Transport for NSW
  5. ^ Contract awarded for Heathcote Station upgrade Archived 20 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 16 July 2015
  6. ^ a b "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. ^ a b "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  9. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

External links

  • Media related to Heathcote railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Heathcote station details Transport for New South Wales
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T4 Eastern Suburbs
& Illawarra Line
South Coast
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  • Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
  • Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service