Dulwich Hill railway station
Dulwich Hill | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Westbound view of station platform and building, October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Wardell Road, Dulwich Hill Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°54′40″S 151°08′27″E / 33.9111°S 151.1409°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 22 metres (72 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Trains Sydney (from 2025) | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Bankstown | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Light Rail  Bus | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Weekdays:
Weekends and public holidays:
| |||||||||||||||
| Station code | DHM | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 February 1895 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 30 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Wardell Road (1895-1920) | |||||||||||||||
| Key dates | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Light rail terminus opened | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Western concourse opened | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
| |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| Light rail connections | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
Dulwich Hill railway station is a heritage-listed railway station serving the Sydney suburb of Dulwich Hill. It located on the Bankstown line and is also the terminus of the Inner West Light Rail line, the heavy and light rail platforms being connected by an elevated concourse.
History
[edit]Dulwich Hill station opened on 1 February 1895 as Wardell Road when the Bankstown line opened from Sydenham to Belmore. It was renamed Dulwich Hill on 1 July 1920.[3][4]
To the north of the heavy rail platforms lie two tracks that are part of the Metropolitan Goods line. Opposite the platform lay a triangular junction that connected the Metropolitan Goods line to a branch to Rozelle.[5] The branch was converted to light rail after goods traffic ceased, reopening on 27 March 2014 and terminating at Dulwich Hill.[6]
The station has two heavy rail platforms in an island platform configuration, the only station on the section running parallel to the goods line not to be converted to side platforms. The station buildings date from 1935.[4]
In October 2023, a new western concourse opened, providing lift access and transfer to the light rail platform.[7]
The station closed on 30 September 2024 as part of works to convert the Bankstown line to Sydney Metro.[8]
Platforms and services
[edit]| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Tallawong (from 2025) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | services to Bankstown (from 2025) |
Light rail
[edit]The light rail terminus sits at the end of Bedford Crescent, where the Rozelle branch line joined the main Metropolitan Goods railway line.[9]
| Line | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Central | [10] |
History
[edit]During the planning process, the design was altered after a review favoured moving the stop to the end of Bedford Crescent rather than the platform being parallel to the heavy rail lines.[11][12] This final design includes a single side platform and is further away from the heavy rail platforms than the original proposal, but includes a connection to Jack Shanahan Park on the western side of the light rail alignment, which improved access to the park from the east and access to the stop from the west. Other improvements cited were reduced construction cost and environmental impact due to the elimination of the extensive work required to widen the cutting under the original proposal, and the reduced need to interface with RailCorp assets.[13]
In light of increasing patronage on the line, the single track terminus at Dulwich Hill now limits the number of services on the line, with frequency unable to be less than every eight minutes. In 2017, Transport NSW promised to consider upgrading the line to allow more services, including looking at the Dulwich Hill terminus.[14]
Transport links
[edit]Transit Systems operates one bus route via Dulwich Hill station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 412: Martin Place to Campsie station[15]
Dulwich Hill station is served by one NightRide route:
Future
[edit]Dulwich Hill will be converted to a Metro station as part of the second stage of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest. The Metro will significantly increase the frequency of service to 15 trains an hour and shorten the trip to the city by up to 4 minutes.[17]
Gallery
[edit]-
Northern entrance on Bedford Crescent -
Eastern entrance on Wardell Road -
Western concourse, connecting the metro and light rail platforms -
Light rail platform
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.
- ^ Dulwich Hill Station NSWrail.net
- ^ a b Dulwich Hill Railway Station Group Office of Environment & Heritage
- ^ "Construction Notification – Dulwich Hill Station" (PDF). Sydney Metro. September 2024. p. 2. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Inner West Light rail extension now complete Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 27 March 2014
- ^ "New footbridge opens at Dulwich Hill Station". Sydney Metro. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Pittorino, Jennifer (30 September 2024). "T3 Bankstown line closed for works". Rail Express. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Dulwich Hill Light Rail Stop Transport for NSW
- ^ "Dulwich Hill Line". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ Submissions Report Appendix A (Part 1) p. 71. Transport NSW.
- ^ Submissions Report – Main Report Archived 29 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine Figure 6.1 p. 67. Transport NSW
- ^ Submissions Report Appendix A (Part 1) p. 59. Transport NSW.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Matt (27 August 2017). "Why trams on Sydney's booming inner west light rail aren't running more often". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 412". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N40 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Dulwich Hill Train Station". sydneymetro.info. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- Oakes, John. "Sydney's Forgotten Goods Railways" Australian Railway Historical Society 2001 ISBN 0-909650-54-3
External links
[edit]
Media related to Dulwich Hill railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Dulwich Hill station details Transport for New South Wales
- Dulwich Hill Metro station Sydney Metro