Hurstville railway station is a major station on the Illawarra railway line in the southern suburb of Hurstville, serving a residential and large commercial district. It is served by the suburban Illawarra and the interurban South Coast Line. The station marks the end of the four track section from Illawarra Junction at Redfern; the line continues as two tracks south from this point. Several sidings to the south of the station allow stabling of passenger trains during off-peak periods.
Hurstville station is covered almost over its entire length by the Hurstville Central (formerly Hurstville Supercentre) shopping centre, one of the first suburban stations in Sydney to receive such treatment of its overhead airspace. Access to the station is now through this mall, which was refurbished in 2007-8. The station is arranged as two island platforms and is served by both stairs and lifts. Hurstville was one of the first suburban stations to receive LED passenger information boards on the platforms in the early 1990s, these have now been replaced by standard LCD screens. Located nearby is Westfield Hurstville, bus interchanges (serviced by Sydney Buses, Punchbowl Bus Company and Veolia Transport) and a significant enclave of office towers. A second entrance to the station is further west along Forest Road and connects to the bus interchange which is located between Woodville Road and Forest Road.
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