Penshurst railway station, Sydney

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Penshurst

Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
Station code	PHS
Suburb	Penshurst
Street(s)	Bridge St
Distance from Central Station	16.13 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	1 Island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	No
Station facilities	Link

Penshurst is a railway station on the Illawarra line of the CityRail network in Sydney. Located in the Sydney suburb of Penshurst, it serves a residential area. It has an island platform. The tracks through Penshurst are signalled for bi-directional operation, although this is only used in emergency situations.

1 Platform/Service
2 Accessibility
3 Transport Links
4 Trackplan
5 Neighbouring stations

[edit] Platform/Service

The station is served by two trains per hour for most of the time, with additional trains at weekday peak hours.

Platform 1:

Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line - all stations and limited stops services to Hurstville and Bondi Junction.

Platform 2:

Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line - all stations and limited stops services to Mortdale, Sutherland, Cronulla and Waterfall.

[edit] Accessibility

The station has stairs leading to an overbridge connected to the streets on either side, and thus does not have Easy Access for wheelchairs. An Easy Access upgrade is currently (2007) in progress.

[edit] Transport Links

Punchbowl Bus Company runs two route via Penshurst station:

941 - Between Bankstown station and Hurstville station.
943 - Between Lugarno and Hurstville station.

NightRide runs one route via Penshurst station:

N10 - Between Sutherland station and City(Town Hall).

[edit] Trackplan

Track arrangement at Penshurst

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Hurstville	Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line	Mortdale

CityRail Stations

CityRail Lines
Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra Line	Bondi Junction \| Edgecliff \| Kings Cross \| Martin Place \| Town Hall \| Central \| Redfern \| Sydenham \| Tempe \| Wolli Creek \| Arncliffe \| Banksia \| Rockdale \| Kogarah \| Carlton \| Allawah \| Hurstville \| Penshurst \| Mortdale \| Oatley \| Como \| Jannali \| Sutherland \| Loftus \| Engadine \| Heathcote \| Waterfall \| Kirrawee \| Gymea \| Miranda \| Caringbah \| Woolooware \| Cronulla
(stations in italics are under planning or under construction)
■ Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra \| ■ Bankstown \| ■ Inner West \| ■ Airport & East Hills \| ■ South \| ■ Cumberland \| ■ Western \| ■ North Shore \| ■ Carlingford \| ■ Olympic Park \| ■ Northern \| ■ South Coast \| ■ Southern Highlands \| ■ Blue Mountains \| ■ Newcastle & Central Coast \| ■ Hunter
Under construction or planning: CBD Rail Link \| Epping to Chatswood Line \| North West Metro \| South West Rail Link