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Dapto railway station

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from 1993 until the Kiama electrification in 2001. To accommodate the interchange, a new platform 1 was built on the western side of the station, and a new dock platform (3) was added to the northern end of the main platform, which was renumbered platform 2. Access between platforms 1 and 2 is via
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In 2014, the railway station was featured in the first episode of an online animated series called Damo and Darren where the two main characters argue over a lighter.
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the Bong Bong Road level crossing on the southern end of the platforms. Additional minor upgrades were completed in 2013 and 2014.
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The approach to the platform building from Station Street is via a circular driveway through Hartigan Park, planted with
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Entry is via a gabled entry porch flanked by small verandahs. The building is made of
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This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
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Dapto has two side platforms and one dock platform. It is serviced by
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Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service
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Dapto is also served by one NSW TrainLink coach service between
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Compendium of Sydney Rail Travel Statistics, 8th Edition
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Opal card available on all Sydney trains by next Friday
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Station as viewed from Bong Bong Road railway crossing
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Office of Environment & Heritage (29 May 2009).
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is a heritage-listed railway station located on the
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Index

Dapto Station
Dapto
New South Wales
Australia
34°29′34″S 150°47′30″E / 34.4929°S 150.7918°E / -34.4929; 150.7918
Transport Asset Holding Entity
NSW TrainLink
South Coast
Central
Late Victorian
Transport for NSW

NSW TrainLink
Albion Park
Kiama
South Coast Line
Kembla Grange
Central
Bondi Junction
Unanderra
Central
Bondi Junction
South Coast railway line
Wollongong
Dapto, New South Wales
Australia
Clifton
North Kiama
Brownsville
Wollongong

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