Cringila railway station explained

Cringila
Style:NSW TrainLink
Address:Five Islands Road, Cringila
Borough:New South Wales
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-34.4665°N 150.878°W
Owned:Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operator:NSW TrainLink
Line:Port Kembla railway line
Passengers:
  • 8,540 (year)
  • 23 (daily)[1]
Pass Year:2023[2]
Pass System:Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink
Distance:87.650 km from Central[3]
Platforms:2 (island), 187 and 178 metres
Train Operators:NSW TrainLink
Bus Operators:Premier Illawarra
Structure:At-grade
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Electrified:[4]
Architectural Style:Inter-war functionalism[5]
Web:Transport for NSW
Opened:[6]

Cringila railway station is located in Cringila, Australia, on the South Coast railway line's Port Kembla branch. The station serves NSW TrainLink trains travelling south to Port Kembla and north to Wollongong and Sydney.

History

Though the Port Kembla district was designated as a future port and industrial area as early as 1893, satisfactory wharves were only constructed in the early 20th century. The area soon rivalled Newcastle as a centre for the state's steel industry. A hamlet of workers' cottages grew up near the steelworks, known first as Steeltown and, from the 1920s, Cringila. The railway from the main South Coast line to the new port was completed in July 1916, and a single-platform station followed at Cringila six years later.

Australia's entry into World War II dramatically increased its demand for steel, and the Port Kembla branch line was duplicated in 1940. A new island-platform Cringila station, in the inter-war functionalist style, opened the following year. The dichromatic brick platform building, built to a similar plan as was used for Cronulla line stations, features a toilet, general waiting room, staff room, goods store, stationmaster's office, combined booking and parcels office, and ticket office. The building is considered a good example of its type, being externally intact, and has been listed on the local heritage register. The station footbridge was extended in 1958 to provide a direct connection to the adjacent BHP (now BlueScope) steelworks.

Platforms and services

Cringila has one platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink South Coast line services travelling between Waterfall and Thirroul to Port Kembla. One weekday morning and four weekend late night services go to Bondi Junction.

Transport links

Premier Illawarra operates three bus routes via Cringila station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

External links

Notes and References

  1. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. Web site: Train Station Monthly Usage . Open Data . 26 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Train Operating Conditions (TOC) Manual – Track Diagrams (version 3.0). 30 April 2015. Asset Standards Authority. 19 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174359/http://www.asa.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/asa/asa-standards/ts-toc-3.pdf. 23 September 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: Wollongong Railway Station Group. Office of Environment & Heritage. 9 October 2009.
  5. Web site: NSW heritage register: Cringila railway station group. Office of Environment & Heritage. 29 May 2009. 18 August 2015.
  6. Web site: NSWrail.net: Cringila Station. Rolfe. Bozier.