Dunmore railway station

Dunmore (Shellharbour)
Northbound view from Platform 1
General information
LocationDunmore Road, Dunmore
Australia
Coordinates34°36′22″S 150°50′24″E / 34.606173°S 150.840021°E / -34.606173; 150.840021
Elevation29 metres (95 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Line(s)South Coast railway line
Distance110.66 km (68.76 mi) from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
WebsiteSydney Trains
History
Opened9 November 1887
Closed21 November 2014
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
201330 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank274
Official nameShellharbour Railway Station Group; Dunmore Railway Station
TypeState heritage (complex / group)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.1245
TypeRailway Platform/ Station
CategoryTransport – Rail

Dunmore railway station is a heritage-listed disused railway station located on the South Coast railway line in Dunmore, City of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. The station served the southern Wollongong suburb of Dunmore and indirectly Shellharbour and opened on 9 November 1887. The weatherboard station on Platform 2 dates from 1887. It is also known as the Shellharbour Railway Station Group, Shellharbour railway station and Dunmore Railway Station. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[2][3][4]

As part of the electrification of the line to Kiama in 2001, the existing crossing loop was extended north and received a platform, albeit built out of scaffolding materials with most trains continuing to use the original platform.[5] The loop also provides access to Boral's Dunmore Quarry. There was previously a level crossing immediately south of the station. This was closed in the late-2000s as part of improvement works to the adjacent Princes Highway.[6]

  1. ^ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Shellharbour Railway Station Group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01245. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  3. ^ "Dunmore (Shellharbour) Railway Station & Residence". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage.
  4. ^ "Dunmore/Shellharbour Station". NSWrail.net. n.d.
  5. ^ "Kiama Electrification – some facts and figures". Railway Digest. January 2002.
  6. ^ "Oak Flats to Dunmore" (PDF). Roads & Traffic Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2014.