Kingsgrove railway station

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Kingsgrove
Station statistics
Address Kingsgrove Avenue
New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 33°56′26″S 151°06′02″E / 33.94064444°S 151.1005112°E / -33.94064444; 151.1005112Coordinates: 33°56′26″S 151°06′02″E / 33.94064444°S 151.1005112°E / -33.94064444; 151.1005112
Line(s) Airport Line
Structure type Ground
Platforms 2
Tracks 5 (2 bypasses, 1 turn-back)
Other information
Accessible
Station code KGV
Owned by Transport for New South Wales
Operator Sydney Trains
Website Kingsgrove
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Macarthur
 T2
Airport Line
towards Central

Kingsgrove is a railway station on the East Hills railway line, served by the T2 Airport Line of the Sydney Trains network in Sydney. It serves the suburb of Kingsgrove. Kingsgrove has a single island platform which serves the inner 'local' pair of tracks, the 'main' (express) tracks pass on either side. Kingsgrove retains its original 1930s brick platform building but has had additional platform canopies and entrance built in the intervening years. This station has Easy Access for wheelchairs. A lift provides access from the western side of Kingsgrove Road to the platform below.

History

Kingsgrove railway station opened in 1931, and was the original terminus of the double track electrified section from Tempe. Until 1939, passengers transferred at Kinsgrove to a rail motor or steam service to continue their journey towards East Hills.[1] The line was duplicated beyond Kingsgrove in 1948. In 2000, the line was quadruplicated from Wolli Creek Junction to the west of Kingsgrove station as part of the Airport Line project. A turnback was provided to the west of the station in association with this project, and it is used in regular timetabled service occasionally. In 2013 the quadruplication was extended to Revesby as part of the Rail Clearways program.

Accident

On 6 October 2000 an eight car Tangara train derailed at low speed near Kingsgrove station causing the rear three carriages to topple onto its side. The cause was a track twist as a result of very high temperatures.[2] Ten people were hospitalised.[3]

Platforms and services

From opening until 1987, Kingsgrove was essentially served by all stations trains with occasional peak hours limited stop services. Following the opening of the East Hills- Glenfield extension in 1987, Kingsgrove was served by both all-stations local services and was a stopping point for limited stop services to Campbelltown and Macarthur. Frequency is approximately six trains per hour on weekday daytimes- four local and four limited stop services, with reduced frequencies on nights and weekends.

As of the new Sydney Trains timetables on Sunday the 20th of October 2013: on weekdays the station is served by five trains per hour in each direction for most of the day, with additional trains provided during peak hours; and on weekends the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction for most of the day.


Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 All stations and limited stops services to Central and the City Circle via the Airport or Sydenham
2 All stations services to Revesby Occasionally used for terminating

Transport links

Sydney Buses runs four routes via Kingsgrove station:

  • Route 490 Hurstville to Drummoyne via Kingsgrove, Campsie, Burwood
  • Route 492 Rockdale to Drummoyne via Kingsgrove, Campsie, Burwood
  • Route 493 Rockdale to Roselands via Bexley North, Kingsgrove, Beverly Hills
  • Route 495 Bexley North to Kingsgrove

Gallery

  • Platform 2; the platform has been widened to make the platform face straight

  • Exterior of main entrance

  • Main entrance stairs

  • Main entrance seen from opposite side

  • View towards the east

  • Eastern stairs entrance

  • Eastern access

  • Ticket window and old manual indicator boards

Trackplan

Track arrangement at Kingsgrove

See also

Notes and references

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingsgrove railway station, Sydney.
  1. ↑ "East Hills Line". Nswrail.net. Retrieved 25 January 2007. 
  2. ↑ "Kingsgrove derailment report released". NSW Ministry of Transport. Retrieved 30 December 2006. 
  3. ↑ "Train derailment, Sydney". Emergency Management Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2006. 

External links

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Airport Line
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