Port Kembla North railway station explained

Port Kembla North
Style:NSW TrainLink
Address:Flinders Street, Port Kembla
Borough:New South Wales
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-34.473°N 150.8881°W
Owned:Transport Asset Holding Entity
Line:Port Kembla railway line
Passengers:
  • 7,410 (year)
  • 20 (daily)[1]
Pass Year:2023[2]
Pass System:Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink
Distance:88.771 km from Central[3]
Platforms:1 (197 metres)
Train Operators:NSW TrainLink
Structure:At-grade
Electrified:[4]
Accessible:Not accessible
Web:Transport for NSW
Opened:[5]

Port Kembla North railway station is a single-platform intercity train station located in Port Kembla, Australia, on the South Coast railway line's Port Kembla branch. The station serves NSW TrainLink trains traveling south to Port Kembla Station and north to Wollongong and Sydney. 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

The wharves, mills and factories that today characterise Port Kembla began to develop in the early part of the 20th century. The railway from the main South Coast line to the new port was completed in July 1916, but the only station, Mount Drummond, was at the northern end. A single-platform station near the Outer Harbour, called Port Kembla, opened in January 1920.[7] A second station for the suburb, called Port Kembla North, opened in March 1936, at the southern boundary of the vast Australian Iron & Steel site – the year after the enterprise was acquired by BHP.[8]

The station has no platform building – save for a small waiting shed and services hut – and is not staffed. Electric multiple unit trains began to service the station from February 1986 and electronic ticketing facilities were activated in 2014.[9]

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. 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: Port Kembla North Station. Rolfe. Bozier.
  6. Web site: Summary of train journeys (official patronage figures). March 2015. Bureau of Transport Statistics. 18 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194933/http://www.bts.nsw.gov.au/Statistics/Rail/default.aspx?FolderID=223. 23 September 2015. dead.
  7. Web site: NSWrail.net: Port Kembla Station. Rolfe. Bozier.
  8. Web site: HSC Geography Case Study; A Brief History of the Steel Industry at Port Kembla. Australia's Industry World, Port Kembla.
  9. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/opal-card-available-on-all-sydney-trains-by-next-friday-20140320-353x4.html Opal card available on all Sydney trains by next Friday