Kings Cross railway station, Sydney

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 NSW TrainLink's South Coast Line services.

Kings Cross
Westbound view from platform 2, March 2019
General information
Location	Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross Australia
Coordinates	33°52′29″S 151°13′21″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	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
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	KSX
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	23 June 1979
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023[1]	8,058,390 (year) 22,078 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Martin Place towards Waterfall or Cronulla Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line Edgecliff towards Bondi Junction Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Martin Place towards Kiama South Coast Line (morning and evening services) Edgecliff towards Bondi Junction

History

Kings Cross station opened on 23 June 1979 when the Eastern Suburbs line opened from Central to Bondi Junction.^[3][4]

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.^[5]

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T4	services to Cronulla, Waterfall & Helensburgh	[6]
	SCO	services to Wollongong, Dapto & Kiama	only during peak hours and weekends[7]
2	T4	services to Bondi Junction	[6]
	SCO	services to Bondi Junction	only during peak hours and weekends[7]

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^[8]
• 324: Walsh Bay to Watsons Bay via Old South Head Road^[9]
• 325: Walsh Bay to Watsons Bay via Vaucluse^[10]

Gallery

• 
  Station entrance, August 2017
• 
  Station concourse, August 2017
• 
  Station front, August 2011

References

1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
3. Kings Cross Station NSWrail.net
4. Kings Cross Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
5. https://www.ipart.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/state_rail_authority_-_s4934.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
6. "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
7. "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
8. Route 311 timetable Archived 4 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
9. "Transdev route 324". Transport for NSW.
10. "Transdev route 325". Transport for NSW.

External links

• 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