Kings Cross railway station, Sydney
Kings Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Westbound view from platform 2, March 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′29″S 151°13′21″E / 33.87468°S 151.22242°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3.41 kilometres (2.12 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | KSX | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 23 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2025[2] |
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| Rank | 21[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kings Cross railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Eastern Suburbs line, serving the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and Sydney Trains South Coast Line services.
History
Kings Cross station opened on 23 June 1979 when the Eastern Suburbs line opened from Central to Bondi Junction.[4][5]
The station was upgraded in 2004 and received a lift and tactile indicators. In 2016, Kings Cross was refurbished with new tiling, tactile indicators and the platform walls repainted.[6]
Platforms and services
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Cronulla, Waterfall & Helensburgh | [7] | |
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| services to Wollongong, Dapto & Kiama | only during peak hours and weekends[8] | ||
| 2 | services to Bondi Junction | [7] | |
| services to Bondi Junction | only during peak hours and weekends[8] |
Transport links
Transdev John Holland operates three bus routes via Kings Cross station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 311: Millers Point to Eddy Avenue[9]
- 324: Walsh Bay to Watsons Bay via Old South Head Road[10]
- 325: Walsh Bay to Watsons Bay via Vaucluse[11]
Gallery
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Station entrance, August 2017
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Station concourse, August 2017
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Station front, August 2011
References
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ This ranking includes all Sydney Trains, Sydney Metro, and Intercity stations. Stations with less than 50 passengers a month are not ranked.
- ^ Kings Cross Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Kings Cross Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ "Submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2022.
- ^ a b "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ Route 311 timetable Archived 4 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
- ^ "Transdev route 324". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev route 325". Transport for NSW.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kings Cross railway station.
- Kings Cross Station at Transport for New South Wales (Archived 1 May 2020)
- Kings Cross Public Transport Map Archived 5 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW