Carramar railway station

Carramar
Eastbound view in July 2018
General information
LocationWattle Avenue, Carramar
Australia
Coordinates33°53′03″S 150°57′41″E / 33.884256°S 150.961347°E / -33.884256; 150.961347
Elevation11 metres (36 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)Main Southern
Distance25.89 kilometres (16.09 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleNo
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-2pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station codeCMR
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened8 October 1924
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesSouth Fairfield (1924-1926)
Passengers
2023[2]
  • 285,270 (year)
  • 782 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Cabramatta
towards Liverpool
 Liverpool & Inner West Line Villawood
towards City Circle

Carramar railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern railway line in the Sydney suburb of Carramar. It is served by Sydney Trains' T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.

History

Carramar station opened as South Fairfield on 8 October 1924 when the Main Southern railway line was extended from Regents Park to Cabramatta.[3][4] It was renamed Carramar on 1 July 1926.[5]

To the south of the station lies the Southern Sydney Freight Line, which opened in January 2013.

Platforms and services

Historically, eastbound services connected Carramar to the City Circle via Lidcombe and the Main Suburban railway line. Between 2013 and 2024, eastbound services from Carramar to the City Circle ran only via an alternate route along the Bankstown railway line.[6] Following the partial closure of the Bankstown railway line for Sydney Metro conversion in 2024, this situation reverted. Now eastbound services from Carramar operate to the City Circle via Lidcombe again, branded as the T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line.[7]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Central & the City Circle via Regents Park [8]
2 services to Liverpool


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. ^ Carramar Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Carramar Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ^ "60 Years Ago" Railway Digest July 1986 page 222
  6. ^ Transport for NSW (December 2020). "West of Bankstown rail services in 2024". NSW Government. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  7. ^ Transport for NSW (October 2024). "Train and bus timetable changes FAQs: 2024 train and bus timetable" (PDF). NSW Government. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  8. ^ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.