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

Kings Cross railway station is a heritage-listed railway station 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's 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]

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:

  • Station entrance, August 2017
    Station entrance, August 2017
  • Station concourse, August 2017
    Station concourse, August 2017
  • Station front, August 2011
    Station front, August 2011

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 [bare URL 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.
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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