Cabramatta railway station

Cabramatta
Northbound view of station platforms, April 2008, prior to the Southern Sydney Freight Line being added to the right
General information
Location	Railway Parade, Cabramatta Australia
Coordinates	33°53′42″S 150°56′20″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
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	CAB
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1870
Electrified	Yes
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

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

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T2	services to Central & the City Circle via Granville
	T3	services to Central & the City Circle via Regents Park
	T5	services to Blacktown, Schofields and Richmond
2	T2	services to Leppington
	T3	services to Liverpool
	T5	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

Transport links

Transdev NSW operates one bus route via Cabramatta station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• S1: to Lansvale[9] (Monday to Friday only)

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:

• N50: Liverpool station to Town Hall station[15]

References

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.

External links

• 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