Oatley railway station

Oatley
Station concourse and entrance from Mulga Road, December 2016
General information
LocationOatley Parade, Oatley
Coordinates33°58′50″S 151°04′44″E / 33.98067°S 151.07902°E / -33.98067; 151.07902
Elevation33 metres (108 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)Illawarra
Distance18.28 km (11.36 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pm
Station codeOAL
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened26 December 1885
Rebuilt7 July 1905
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesOatley's Grant (1885-1886)
Oatley's Platform (1886-1890)
Passengers
2023[2]
  • 928,920 (year)
  • 2,545 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Como
towards Waterfall or Cronulla
 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line Mortdale
towards Bondi Junction
Official nameOatley Railway Station group
TypeState heritage (complex / group)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.1214
TypeRailway Platform/ Station
CategoryTransport – Rail
BuildersNSW Government Railway

Oatley railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Illawarra line, in the Sydney suburb of Oatley in the Georges River Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The station is served by Sydney Trains' T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services. It was designed and built by the NSW Government Railway and from 1905 to 1992. It is also known as the Oatley Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[3]

Oatley is notable as the end point of the first section of track to be electrified for regular passenger services, with services from Central commencing on 1 March 1926. Historically, some services used to terminate at Oatley before returning north; this is no longer the case but the points remain in place.

In January 2017 an upgrade to the station was opened, including a new overhead footbridge with lifts.

  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. ^ "Oatley Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01214. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.