Unanderra railway station
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Unanderra
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NSW TrainLink intercity train station ← Coniston · Kembla Grange or Summit Tank → |
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| Location | Central Road, Unanderra New South Wales Australia |
| Coordinates | 34°27′17″S 150°50′45″E / 34.4548°S 150.8459°ECoordinates: 34°27′17″S 150°50′45″E / 34.4548°S 150.8459°E |
| Owned by | RailCorp |
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink |
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| Distance | 88.273 km from Central |
| Platforms | 2 (island), 132 and 139 metres |
| Train operators | NSW TrainLink |
| Bus operators | Premier Illawarra |
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| Structure type | At-grade |
| Parking | Yes |
| Disabled access | Not accessible |
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| Website | Sydney Trains |
| History | |
| Opened | 9 November 1887 |
| Electrified | 24 January 1993 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2014) | 140,777 |
| Rank | 186th of 307 |
Unanderra is an intercity train station located in Unanderra, 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 Dapto, Horsley, Kembla Heights and Wollongong.
The first railway in the district was a privately operated track between Mount Kembla and Port Kembla, opened in 1882 to bring coal to port. In 1912, the NSW Government Railways assumed control of the line east of Unanderra. The government railway from Clifton to North Kiama opened in 1887 and included a single-platform Unanderra Station complete with weatherboard platform building and stationmaster's residence.
Premier George Fuller turned the first sod for the Illawarra Mountain Railway – now known as the Unanderra–Moss Vale line – at Unanderra on 26 June 1925. Fuller, whose family owned much of the Shellharbour district (indeed, Dunmore was named for his father's birthplace), took a keen interest in the development of the railways in his native Illawarra region. Despite costs doubling to £3 million, the line opened in August 1932, channelling freight traffic from the Southern Tablelands and Riverina regions through Unanderra and on to Port Kembla. To accommodate the increased traffic, the line was expanded to three tracks through the town, and the station became an island platform. As a result of the junction, unlike other stations in NSW, Sydney-bound trains use platform 2, while southbound trains use platform 1.
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