Stanwell Park railway station

Stanwell Park Railway Station is a CityRail railway station on the South Coast railway line of New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Stanwell Park on the northern end of the Illawarra Escarpment. The current station opened in 1920, and was previously located down on Lawrence Hargrave Drive.Stanwell Park is one of the few railway stations serving an open ocean beach in Sydney area and is popular with surfers. The station has two side platforms, on a sharp curve.The station is served by roughly one train every two hours in either direction, with extra services during weekday peak periods.The station has street access to both platforms, connected by a tunnel passing under the line with stairs. This does not allow for the station to be classed as having Easy Access for wheelchairs.Buildings and railway historyThe original rail line followed what is now Lawrence Hargrave Drive, curving around the southern headland and through Stanwell Park. The station opened on 14 March 1890 at its original site opposite Station Street under the footbridge. To the north the line followed Chellow Dene Avenue to the Otford Tunnel through Bald Hill.A platform was provided on the eastern side on 24 April 1890, and was moved to the western side to make room for a crossing loop which opened on 23 December 1901. Station buildings were added on 4 June 1903 and a signal box on 17 May 1909. A second platform was provided on 13 July 1909, and the footbridge over the station installed on 9 October 1911.