Heathcote railway station is located on the Illawarra line, serving the Sydney suburb of Heathcote. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 line services and limited NSW TrainLink South Coast line services. Station facilities include public toilets and a car park.
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.jpg) View of the station from its footbridge, November 2015. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Princes Highway, Heathcote | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°05′18″S 151°00′29″E / 34.088199°S 151.008019°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 193 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Illawarra | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 33.15 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am-7pm
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| Station code | HTC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 9 March 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023[2] |
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History edit
Heathcote station opened on 9 March 1886 as Loftus station when the Illawarra line was extended from Sutherland to Waterfall.[3] Upgrades to the station, including a new footbridge with lifts, were completed in January 2017.[4] The contract for these upgrades was awarded in July 2015.[5]
Platforms and services edit
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Bondi Junction | [6] | |
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| services to Bondi Junction | limited weekday morning services[7] | ||
| 2 | services to Waterfall & Helensburgh | [6] | |
| services to Kiama 1 weekday morning service to Port Kembla | limited weekday morning services[7] |
Transport links edit
U-Go Mobility operates two bus routes via Heathcote station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 991: Heathcote to Sutherland station[8]
- 996: Engadine to Heathcote East[9]
References edit
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Heathcote Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Heathcote Station Upgrade Transport for NSW
- ^ Contract awarded for Heathcote Station upgrade Archived 20 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 16 July 2015
- ^ a b "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
External links edit
Media related to Heathcote railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Heathcote station details Transport for New South Wales
