Camellia railway station
Camellia | |||||||||||
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| Closed commuter rail station | |||||||||||
 Northbound view in December 2006 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Grand Avenue North, Camellia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°49′06″S 151°01′28″E / 33.818362°S 151.024399°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Carlingford | ||||||||||
| Distance | 22.95 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Demolished | ||||||||||
| Station code | CEL | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 January 1885 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 5 January 2020 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Subiaco | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 140 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink) | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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Camellia railway station, originally Subiaco railway station, was a railway station in Sydney, Australia, that was open between 1885 and 2020. It was located on the Carlingford line, serving the suburb of Camellia and at the time of closure was served by Sydney Trains T6 Carlingford line services.
History[edit]
Camellia station opened on 21 January 1885 as Subiaco. It was renamed Camellia on 14 September 1901.[2]
In 2014, Camellia was the least patronised station on the Sydney Trains network, with 70 boardings per day being recorded.[3]
The Camellia to Carlingford section of the Carlingford railway line is being converted to light rail as part of the Parramatta Light Rail project with the line closed on 5 January 2020.[4] The area near Camellia station will be the branching point for the lines to Carlingford and Strathfield.[5]
The station and surrounding area were fully demolished in May 2020.
Platforms & former services[edit]
At the time the station closed, the platform had the following services:
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Carlingford services to Clyde |
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Transport links[edit]
Camellia station was served by one NightRide route:
References[edit]
- ^ Transport Performance and Analytics (21 December 2018). "Train Station Entries and Exits 2016 to 2018". Train Station Entries and Exits Data. Open Data: Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Camellia Station Archived 4 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
- ^ "Station Barrier Counts – 2004 to 2014". Bureau of Transport Statistics (Transport for New South Wales). Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ T6 Carlingford Line closure for Parramatta Light Rail –Temporary Transport Plan Archived 10 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
- ^ "Parramatta Light Rail – How the preferred network was chosen". Transport for NSW. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "T6: Carlingford line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N61 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links[edit]
Media related to Camellia railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Camellia station details Transport for NSW
