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Dapto railway station

Dapto
NSW TrainLink intercity train station
Kembla Grange · Albion Park
Dapto Station
Location Station Street, Dapto
New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 34°29′34″S 150°47′30″E / 34.4929°S 150.7918°E / -34.4929; 150.7918Coordinates: 34°29′34″S 150°47′30″E / 34.4929°S 150.7918°E / -34.4929; 150.7918
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) South Coast
Distance 95.047 km from Central
Platforms
  • 1 (side), 536 m, built 1993
  • 2 (side), 329 m, built 1887
  • 3 (dock), 191 m, built 1993
Train operators NSW TrainLink
Bus operators
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Bike racks
Disabled access Assisted access
Architectural style Late Victorian
Other information
Website Sydney Trains
History
Opened 9 January 1887
Electrified 24 January 1993
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 196,605
Rank 178th of 307

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.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.

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.

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.)


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