Fairy Meadow railway station

Fairy Meadow is a NSW TrainLink railway station on the South Coast railway line. It serves the residential Wollongong suburb of Fairy Meadow. The station has two side platforms, connected by a pedestrian overbridge and level crossing. The station is served by about one train per hour for most of the time (usually a Thirroul-Port Kembla local service), with additional trains at weekday peak hours.HistoryThe station opened on 3 October 1888 as Para Meadow. In 1909 the name was changed to Balgownie and in 1956 the current name was adopted. The station underwent maintenance in early 2011. This included the resurfacing of the two platforms, new garden beds underneath the stairs and repainted exteriors.During the end of 2013, the level crossing was upgraded. Featuring newer and safer barriers, louder sound alert and resurfaced walkway over the rail. During this time, OPAL polls were also installed, however, are not yet used.Gallery<gallery> File:Fairy Meadow Railway station platform 1.jpg|Platform 1 File:Fairy Meadow Railway station platform 2.jpg|Platform 2 File:Fairy Meadow Railway Station looking south from rail crossing.jpg|Looking south to the station from rail crossing File:Fairy Meadow Railway station looking south from bridge.jpg|Looking south to the station from bridge File:Fairy Meadow Railway Station stairs to p1.jpg|Stairs and ramp to platform 1 File:Fairy meadow railway station platform 2 building.jpg|Building on platform 2 File:Fairy Meadow Railway station ticket office.jpg|Ticket office File:Fairy meadow railway station entrance.jpg|Entrance sign at top of stairs on bridge File:Fairy Meadow Railway station stairs.jpg|Stairs at north end of station File:Fairy meadow railway station looking south.jpg|Looking south to the end of the platforms File:Fairy meadow railway station looking at stairs from bridge.jpg|Looking at station from the bridge; the pedestrian rail crossing can be seen File:Balgownie (Fairy Meadow) railway station 1954.jpg|Train at the station in 1954 </gallery>