Kings Cross railway station, Sydney

Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

33°52′29″S 151°13′21″E / 33.87468°S 151.22242°E / -33.87468; 151.22242Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated bySydney TrainsLine(s)Eastern SuburbsDistance3.41 kilometres from CentralPlatforms2 (1 island)Tracks2ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeUndergroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatusStaffedStation codeKSXWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened23 June 1979ElectrifiedYesPassengers2023[2]
  • 8,058,390 (year)
  • 22,078 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Martin Place
towards Waterfall or Cronulla
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line Edgecliff
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Martin Place
towards Kiama
South Coast Line
(morning and evening services)
Edgecliff
Station platform, August 2017
Station concourse, August 2017
Station front, August 2011

Kings Cross railway station is located on the Eastern Suburbs line, serving the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and NSW TrainLink South Coast Line services.

History

Kings Cross station opened on 23 June 1979 when the Eastern Suburbs line opened from Central to Bondi Junction.[3][4]

The station was upgraded in 2004 and received a lift and tactile indicators. In 2016, Kings Cross was refurbished with new tiling, tactile indicators and the platform walls repainted.[5]

Platforms and services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
T4
services to Cronulla, Waterfall & Helensburgh [6]
SCO
services to Wollongong, Dapto & Kiamaonly during peak hours and weekends[7]
2
T4
services to Bondi Junction [6]
SCO
services to Bondi Junctiononly during peak hours and weekends[7]

Transport links

Transdev John Holland operates four bus routes via Kings Cross station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Kings Cross station is served by one NightRide route:

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Kings Cross Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Kings Cross Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ^ https://www.ipart.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/state_rail_authority_-_s4934.pdf
  6. ^ a b "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. ^ a b "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ^ Route 200 timetable Archived 4 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
  9. ^ Route 311 timetable Archived 4 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
  10. ^ "Transdev route 324". Transport for NSW.
  11. ^ "Transdev route 325". Transport for NSW.
  12. ^ "N91 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kings Cross railway station.
  • Kings Cross Station at Transport for New South Wales (Archived 1 May 2020)
  • Kings Cross Public Transport Map Transport for NSW
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