Dapto railway station
Dapto
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NSW TrainLink intercity train station ← Kembla Grange · Albion Park → |
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Dapto Station | |
Location | Station Street, Dapto New South Wales Australia |
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Owned by | RailCorp |
Operated by | NSW TrainLink |
Line(s) | South Coast |
Distance | 95.047 km from Central[1] |
Platforms | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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Train operators | NSW TrainLink |
Bus operators | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Parking | Yes |
Bicycle facilities | Bike racks |
Disabled access | Assisted access[3] |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
Other information | |
Fare zone | MyMulti3 |
Website | Sydney Trains |
History | |
Opened | 9 January 1887[4] |
Electrified | 24 January 1993[5] |
Traffic | |
Passengers (2014) | 196,605[6] |
Rank | 178th of 307[5] |
Dapto is an intercity train station located in Dapto, New South Wales, Australia, on the South Coast railway line. The station serves NSW TrainLink trains travelling south to Kiama and north to Wollongong and Sydney.[7] Premier Illawarra operates connecting bus services from the station to Horsley, Shellharbour and Wollongong. Under contract to NSW TrainLink, Roadcoach operates a connecting coach service to meet Canberra Xplorer trains at Moss Vale Station.[2][8]
The railway from Clifton to North Kiama, opened in 1887, passed through the sparsely-settled rural district of Dapto. Although the station was built some distance south of the existing village centre (that area, now called Brownsville, was considered too swampy) the platform building was significantly larger than any other south of Wollongong – of a scale usually reserved for medium-sized country towns. The commercial centre of Dapto duly migrated south to be nearer the station.[9][10]
The approach to the platform building from Station Street is via a circular driveway through Hartigan Park, planted with brush box and Canary Island date palm. (Today, the park also contains Korean and Vietnam war memorials.)[9]
Entry is via a gabled entry porch flanked by small verandahs. The building is made of weatherboard, with a complex, gabled roof clad in corrugated steel. The building was renovated in the 1920s and again in 1970. The original toilet block was replaced with the current blond-brick structure in 1971.[9]
Dapto served as the interchange point between diesel multiple units to Bomaderry and electric multiple units to Wollongong and Sydney from 1993[11] until the Kiama electrification in 2001. To accommodate the interchange, a new platform 1 was built on the western side of the station, and a new dock platform (3) was added to the northern end of the main platform, which was renumbered platform 2. Access between platforms 1 and 2 is via the Bong Bong Road level crossing on the southern end of the platforms. Additional minor upgrades were completed in 2013 and 2014.[9]
In 2014, electronic ticketing in the form of the Opal smart card became available at the station.[12]
References
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- ↑ "Dapto electrics spark timetable changes" Railway Digest February 1993
- ↑ Opal card available on all Sydney trains by next Friday Sydney Morning Herald 20 March 2014
External links
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- Dapto station details Sydney Trains
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