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Cabramatta railway station

Coordinates: 33°53′42″S 150°56′20″E / 33.8949°S 150.9388°E / -33.8949; 150.9388
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Cabramatta
Northbound view of station platforms, April 2008, prior to the Southern Sydney Freight Line being added to the right
General information
LocationRailway Parade, Cabramatta
Australia
Coordinates33°53′42″S 150°56′20″E / 33.8949°S 150.9388°E / -33.8949; 150.9388
Elevation20 metres (66 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)Main Southern
Distance31.98 km (19.871 mi) from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeCAB
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened1870
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023[2]
  • 4,212,780 (year)
  • 11,542 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Warwick Farm
towards Leppington
Leppington & Inner West Line Canley Vale
towards City Circle
Warwick Farm
towards Liverpool
Liverpool & Inner West Line Carramar
towards City Circle
Warwick Farm
towards Leppington
Cumberland Line Canley Vale
towards Richmond
Former services
Preceding station Former services Following station
Warwick Farm Racecourse
Terminus
Warwick Farm Racecourse Line
(1889-1977, 1979-1990)
Terminus

Cabramatta railway station is located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Leppington & Inner West Line, T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line and T5 Cumberland line services.

History

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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][page needed]

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

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Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Central & the City Circle via Granville
services to Central & the City Circle via Regents Park
services to Blacktown, Schofields and Richmond
2 services to Leppington
services to Liverpool
services to Leppington
weekend services to Liverpool
Trackplan
Old Main South to Canley Vale
Up
Down
Up
Main South to Carramar
Down
South Sydney Freight Line
Main South to Warwick Farm
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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:

Cabramatta station is served by one NightRide route:

References

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  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Cabramatta Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest May 1996 page 41
  5. ^ "Submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales" (PDF). www.ipart.nsw.gov.au. May 2003. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  6. ^ Cabramatta Station Upgrade Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Gartner Rose
  7. ^ We wanted to make sure we got it right': new rail line opens ... three years late Sydney Morning Herald 21 January 2013
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ "Transdev NSW route S1". Transport for NSW.
  10. ^ "Transit Systems route 805". Transport for NSW.
  11. ^ "Transit Systems route 807". Transport for NSW.
  12. ^ "Transit Systems route 815". Transport for NSW.
  13. ^ "Transit Systems route 816". Transport for NSW.
  14. ^ "Transit Systems route 817". Transport for NSW.
  15. ^ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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