Cabramatta railway station
Cabramatta | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Northbound view in April 2008 before the Southern Sydney Freight Line was added to the right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Railway Parade, Cabramatta | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°53′42″S 150°56′20″E / 33.8949°S 150.9388°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 20 metres (66 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Southern | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 31.98 km (19.871 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | CAB | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1870 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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Cabramatta railway station is located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Inner West & Leppington, T3 Bankstown and T5 Cumberland line services.
History[edit]
Cabramatta station opened in 1870 on the Granville to Liverpool section of the Main South line.[3] On 8 October 1924, Cabramatta line became a junction station when another branch of the Main South line opened from Sefton, joining the existing line just north of the station.
In April 1996, the junction was upgraded from a low speed one with an 80 km/h (49.7 mph) speed limit. To make the higher speeds possible, the track centres have been widened from 4 m (13.12 ft) at the platforms to about 12 m (39.37 ft) at the diamond crossing at the heart of the junction. Longer points were installed.[4]
The station received lifts as part of an easy access upgrade in 2004.[5]
As part of the Southern Sydney Freight Line project, a third line was built behind the eastern side of the station. Due to limited space, an overhead concourse was constructed to replace a building on platform 2. The new concourse opened in 2011, the line in December 2013.[6][7][8]
Platforms and services[edit]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Central & the City Circle via Granville | ||
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| services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown | |||
| services to Blacktown, Schofields and Richmond | |||
| 2 | services to Leppington | ||
| services to Liverpool | |||
| services to Leppington weekend services to Liverpool |
Trackplan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Transport links[edit]
Transdev NSW operates one bus route via Cabramatta station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
Transit Systems operates five bus routes via Cabramatta station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 805: to Liverpool station[10]
- 807: to Cecil Park[11]
- 815: to Mount Pritchard[12]
- 816: to Greenfield Park[13]
- 817: to Fairfield station[14]
Cabramatta station is served by one NightRide route:
References[edit]
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Cabramatta Station NSWrail.net
- ^ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest May 1996 page 41
- ^ https://www.ipart.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/state_rail_authority_of_nsw_-_s5315.pdf
- ^ Cabramatta Station Upgrade Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Gartner Rose
- ^ We wanted to make sure we got it right': new rail line opens ... three years late Sydney Morning Herald 21 January 2013
- ^ New Line to Reduce Congestion on Sydney Rail Network Opens Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Australian Rail Track Corporation 21 January 2013
- ^ "Transdev NSW route S1". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 805". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 807". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 815". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 816". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 817". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links[edit]
Media related to Cabramatta railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Cabramatta station details Transport for New South Wales
- Cabramatta Station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW
