Hurstville REF - Transport for NSW - NSW Government

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The DTRS will provide continuous radio coverage across the entire electrified rail network foron-train radios and permit at least 14 simultaneous voice calls from each base station.DTRS systems are now widely used as a standard by major rail operators in Europe and Asia.In Australia, GSM-R is being installed on the Melbourne train network by the VictorianGovernment.1.2 Background to the Hurstville West Portal siteThe proposed distributed base station (DBS) at Hurstville West Portal is part of the DTRS that isbeing developed across the electrified rail network. The proposal at Hurstville West Portal is fora new outdoor DBS site within the railway corridor, associated facilities at Hurstville Station andwithin the Hurstville Apparatus Room, which together will provide coverage along a section oftrack between the east and west end portals of the Hurstville Station Tunnel and partially on thewestern side of Outdoor Location 2 along the Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra Line.A DTRS site has been previously assessed and approved at Outdoor Location 1 at Hurstville;hence Outdoor Location 1 at Hurstville will not be discussed in this REF.The Hurstville West Portal DBS is one of about 250 radio facilities which will provide anenhanced, efficient and reliable communication system for the electrified railway network.1.3 Location and Land UseSite NameStreet AddressProperty DescriptionRailway LineHurstville West PortalIn the rail corridor, off Forest Road via the station car parkaccess road Hurstville NSW 2220Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra LineEastern Suburbs and Illawarra LineChainage 15+924Site Co-ordinatesOutdoor Location 2Local Government AreaNSW State ElectorateCatchmentNearest Railway StationLatitude: -33.966316Longitude: 151.100776Reference system: GDA94Hurstville City Council (near border of Kogarah City Council)OatleyGeorges River (Oatley Bay Subcatchment)HurstvillePage 8 of 75
The proposed DBS site at Outdoor Location 2 is on the northern side of the rail corridor about130 metres northwest of Hurstville Station (refer Figure 1 and Figure 2). The site is in a clearedgravel area about 10 metres from the railway line (refer Figure 3).The site is within the Hurstville Local Government Area (LGA) and the proposed work will beundertaken on land in Zone No.3 (b) – City Business Centre.Land around the Outdoor Locatio 2 site is used for the purposes listed below.• To the northwest and east continues the rail corridor, then Forest Road which runs parallelto the railway line. Beyond are businesses along the major roads, and residential dwellingsbeyond.• A Baptist Union of New South Wales church is 177 metres north, The Church of ChristHurstville is 220 metres northeast, and the Hurstville Presbyterian Church is 320 metresnortheast. The Salvation Army 260 metres northwest and the Church of the Living God is340 metres northwest.• To the south is the railway line and corridor, a small area of businesses and denseresidential development beyond that. The nearest residential receiver to Outdoor location 2is approximately 80 metres southwest.• To the east is the Hurstville Pre-School and Occasional Care Centre within the Westfieldshopping centre, approximately 330 metres away on the corner of Park Road and CrossStreet.• There are no hospitals or aged care facilities located within 500 metres of the proposedsite.There is adequate vehicle and plant access to the site through the existing railway gates off thestation car park access road from Forest Road.Hurstville Railway Substation, located approximately 50 metres northwest of the proposedOutdoor Location 2 site, is a heritage item listed on the Hurstville Local Environmental Plan(LEP) and RailCorp S170 Heritage Register. O’Briens Estate Urban Conservation Area,Hurstville, listed on the non-statutory Register of the National Estate as an Indicative Place islocated on the opposite side of railway tracks approximately 40 metres to the south. TheHurstville Hotel and Belmonte’s Pizza Shop are both locally listed heritage items and are 65metres and 106 metres away to the north, respectively.A few clusters of mature trees line the southern side of the rail corridor along Waniora Street.The proposed works are wholly within the rail corridor. The closest waterway is Poulton Creeklocated roughly 1 kilometre to the southwest and is part of the Georges River catchment.Page 9 of 75
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