Woolooware railway station explained

Woolooware
Style:	Sydney Trains
Address:	Swan Street, Woolooware
Coordinates:	-34.0477°N 151.144°W
Distance:	33.60 kilometres from Central
Line:	Cronulla
Other:	Bus
Structure:	Ground
Platform:	2 (1 island)
Tracks:	2
Opened:	16 December 1939
Rebuilt:	2010
Electrified:	Yes
Accessible:	Yes
Code:	WOE
Owned:	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operator:	Sydney Trains
Status:	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am-7pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 8am-4pm
Passengers:	608,770 (year) 1,668 (daily)^[1]
Pass Year:	2023^[2]
Pass System:	Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink
Web:	Transport for NSW

Woolooware railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Cronulla line, serving the Sydney suburb of Woolooware. It is served by Sydney Trains' T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services.

History

Woolooware station opened on 16 December 1939 when the Cronulla line opened from Sutherland to Cronulla.^[3] ^[4] In April 2010, the line from Caringbah to Cronulla was duplicated which saw the side platform at Woolooware converted to an island platform as part of the Rail Clearways Program.^[5]

Transport links

Woolooware station is served by one NightRide route:

N11: Cronulla station to Town Hall station

External links

- Photo gallery showing construction of the Cronulla Line duplication
Woolooware station details Transport for New South Wales

Notes and References

This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
Web site: Train Station Monthly Usage . Open Data . 26 January 2024.
http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Woolooware Woolooware Station
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=4801947 Woolooware Railway Station Group
https://web.archive.org/web/20100502232832/http://www.tidc.nsw.gov.au/News/Cronulla/default.aspx First passenger trains run on newly duplicated track on the Cronulla Line