Lysaghts railway station
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.[5] 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.
Lysaghts | |||||||||||
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 Southbound view from Platform 1 in September 2023 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Springhill Road, Spring Hill New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34.4535°S 150.8759°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 5 metres (16 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Port Kembla railway line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 86.267 km from Central[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (side), 134 and 150 metres[1] | ||||||||||
| Train operators | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Not accessible | ||||||||||
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| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 30 May 1938[2] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 4 February 1986[3] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2013 | <1 (daily)[4] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 298 | ||||||||||
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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.
Platforms and Services
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Thirroul & Waterfall 1 weekday morning peak & 4 weekend late night services to Bondi Junction |
request stop[5] | |
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| 2 | services to Port Kembla | request stop[5] |
References
- Asset Standards Authority (30 April 2015). "Train Operating Conditions (TOC) Manual – Track Diagrams (version 3.0)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
- Bozier, Rolfe. "NSWrail.net: Lysaghts Station".
- Office of Environment & Heritage (9 October 2009). "Wollongong Railway Station Group".
- Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- Bureau of Transport Statistics (March 2015). "Summary of train journeys (official patronage figures)".
- Bluescope Lysaght (12 April 2011). "Major Milestone for LYSAGHT Brand". Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- Bozier, Rolfe. "NSWrail.net: Port Kembla branch".
External links
Media related to Lysaghts railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Lysaghts station details Transport for New South Wales