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Despite the delays, Parliament finally gave approval to the line on 2 March 1936, and a route with five new stations was surveyed that would connect with the main line at the southern side of Sutherland station. The new line was opened on 16 December 1939 by the Governor, Baron Wakehurst at a large ceremony at Cronulla Station.
[22] [23] The line enters the Sutherland Shire, passing through Como station (which was moved to its present, new site with the opening of the new bridge in 1972), and Jannali before reaching Sutherland. At Sutherland, three platforms are provided. The Cronulla line branches off in an eastwards direction south of the station. The former short ...
A second project, the full duplication of the Cronulla branch line, was completed in 2010. This increases the capacity of the branch line from four to eight trains per hour. [40] The line between Oatley, Sutherland and Cronulla also received signalling upgrades to allow more services to run at shorter intervals.
Thomas Holt (1811–88) owned most of the land that stretched from Sutherland to Cronulla in the 1860s. Holt built Sutherland House on the foreshore of Gwawley Bay in 1818, on the eastern side of Sylvania. After the Illawarra railway line was built to Sutherland in 1885, the area became popular for picnics and swimming. Many regulars rented ...
The line was further extended to Bomaderry through Kiama, opening on 2 June 1893. [1] [2] An American Suburban carriage passenger train approaches Austinmer station. (photograph dated 1914) View of Shellharbour Junction station, which opened in late 2014. Throughout its long history, the South Coast Line's roster of stations has changed ...
On 9 March 1886, the line was extended to Waterfall. On 16 December 1939, Sutherland became a junction station with the opening of the Cronulla line. Although the electric wires continued south to Loftus and Royal National Park, until this was extended to Waterfall in 1980, Sutherland was the transfer station for services to Wollongong.
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an express line between Redfern and Parramatta, running parallel but north of the existing Main Suburban line, a line connecting the Bankstown line at Sydenham with Redfern via Mascot and Alexandria, with a possible future branch to Sydney Airport, an extension of the Carlingford line to meet the Main North line at Beecroft, with an ...