Cabramatta railway station

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

Cabramatta
Northbound view in April 2008 before the Southern Sydney Freight Line was added to the right
Location	Railway Parade, Cabramatta
Coordinates	33°53′42″S 150°56′20″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main South
Distance	28.43 km (17.666 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	CAB
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1870
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	18,070 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station Warwick Farm towards Leppington T2 Inner West & Leppington Line Canley Vale towards City Circle Warwick Farm towards Liverpool T3 Bankstown Line Carramar towards City Circle Warwick Farm towards Leppington T5 Cumberland Line Canley Vale towards Richmond

History

Cabramatta station opened in 1870 on the Granville to Liverpool section of the Main South line.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4][5][6]

Platforms & services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T2	services to Central & the City Circle via Granville
	T3	services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown
	T5	services to Quakers Hill , Schofields and Richmond
2	T2	services to Leppington
	T3	services to Liverpool
	T5	services to Leppington and 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 route to and from Cabramatta station:

• S1: to Lansvale[7] (Monday to Friday only)

Transit Systems Sydney operate five routes to and from Cabramatta station:

• 805: to Liverpool station[8]
• 807: to Cecil Park[9]
• 815: to Mount Pritchard[10]
• 816: to Greenfield Park[11]
• 817: to Fairfield station[12]

Cabramatta station is served by one NightRide route:

• N50: Liverpool station to City (Town Hall)[13]

References

1. 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. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
2. Cabramatta Station NSWrail.net
3. "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest May 1996 page 41
4. Cabramatta Station Upgrade Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Gartner Rose
5. We wanted to make sure we got it right': new rail line opens ... three years late Sydney Morning Herald 21 January 2013
6. 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
7. "Transdev NSW route S1". Transport for NSW.
8. "Transit Systems route 805". Transport for NSW.
9. "Transit Systems route 807". Transport for NSW.
10. "Transit Systems route 815". Transport for NSW.
11. "Transit Systems route 816". Transport for NSW.
12. "Transit Systems route 817". Transport for NSW.
13. "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