Lysaghts railway station explained

Lysaghts
Style:NSW TrainLink
Address:Springhill Road, Spring Hill
Borough:New South Wales
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-34.4535°N 150.8759°W
Owned:Transport Asset Holding Entity
Line:Port Kembla railway line
Passengers:
  • <500 (year)(daily)[1]
  • <1 (daily)
Pass Year:2023[2]
Pass System:Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink
Distance:86.267 km from Central[3]
Platforms:2 (side), 134 and 150 metres
Train Operators:NSW TrainLink
Structure:At-grade
Electrified:[4]
Accessible:Not accessible
Web:Transport for NSW
Opened:[5]

Lysaghts railway station is an intercity train station located in Spring Hill, New South Wales, 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. The station is surrounded on both sides by the Lysaght factory at Spring Hill. Trains only stop on request. There is no way out of the station unless commuters work at the neighbouring steelworks.

The station was one of 23 on the metropolitan rail network to record an average of fewer than one passenger per day in 2014.[6]

History

John Lysaght commenced operations in 1918, and began manufacturing galvanised steel at Spring Hill in 1936.[7] As the Port Kembla branch line, which opened in 1916,[8] cut through the Lysaght site, a station was established in 1938 to cater to the company's workforce. The station has minimal facilities beyond its original skillion-roofed waiting shed and a 1986 pedestrian footbridge.

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Notes and References

  1. The data displays 'Less than 50 for all months'
  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. dead. 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.
  4. Web site: Wollongong Railway Station Group. Office of Environment & Heritage. 9 October 2009.
  5. Web site: NSWrail.net: Lysaghts Station. Rolfe. Bozier.
  6. Web site: Summary of train journeys (official patronage figures). March 2015. Bureau of Transport Statistics. 18 August 2015. 23 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194933/http://www.bts.nsw.gov.au/Statistics/Rail/default.aspx?FolderID=223. dead.
  7. Web site: Major Milestone for LYSAGHT Brand. 12 April 2011. Bluescope Lysaght. 18 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151016163711/http://www.lysaght.com/news/major-milestone-for-lysaght-brand. 16 October 2015. dead.
  8. Web site: NSWrail.net: Port Kembla branch. Rolfe. Bozier.