Macarthur railway station

Macarthur railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Campbeltown. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South and NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services. It is the southern extremity of the electrified Sydney Trains network.

Macarthur
Southbound view in April 2018
Location	Menangle Road, Campbelltown
Coordinates	34°04′19″S 150°47′49″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main South
Distance	43.2 kilometres from Central
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	MCA
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	28 July 1985
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	6,610 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station Terminus T8 Airport & South Line Campbelltown towards City Circle Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Menangle Park towards Goulburn Southern Highlands Line Campbelltown towards Central

History

In 1976, a plan was created to build a new station 488m in the southern direction of the existing Campbelltown railway station. The plan for a "new" Campbelltown station was dropped and the plan was modified to be an unmanned, new, station. The plan was later changed to be 1800m to its current location, being built to serve a shopping centre being built 500m away. The station was originally supposed to be named Ambarvale, after the suburb it is located, but this was later changed to Macarthur, the name of the region.[2] Construction started in November 1983 with the station opening on 28 July 1985.[3][4][5] It was initially only served by a few peak-hour services until a new timetable was introduced on 16 November 1986.[6]

The station initially consisted of two side platforms. Because suburban trains terminating on the main lines caused congestion to through trains, a side turnback platform was added in time for the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Under the CityRail Clearways Project, Macarthur received an upgrade. This work, completed in late 2010, included refurbishment of the station, a bus interchange, and a new carpark. In a proposed second stage, Macarthur was to receive a fourth platform for through trains heading south, however, the project was cancelled.[7]

In January 2013, the Southern Sydney Freight Line opened to the west of the station.

Electrification through the Macarthur station site was completed in 1968 as part of the Liverpool-Glenlee electrification project. Electric passenger trains terminated at Campbelltown, but freight trains continued to Glenlee coal siding and loader (now in Mount Annan) so that electrically hauled coal trains could connect it and Port Kembla. The Glenlee coal loader has closed and electric trains are stopped at Macarthur, with the wires only extending a few hundred metres down the line.

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T8	services to Central & the City Circle via Revesby	[8]
2	T8	services to Central & the City Circle via Revesby	[8]
	SHL	services to Campbelltown morning services to Central (1 weekday, 2 weekend)	[9]
3	SHL	services to Moss Vale evening services to Goulburn (2 weekday, 1 weekend)	[9]

Trackplan
SSFL UM DM N↑ To Campbelltown Limit of electrification & suburban train services Track Ownership Boundary ↑RailCorp ↓ARTC S↓ To Menangle Park

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. "Campbelltown Railway Station" ARHS
3. "1983/84 Annual Report" Railway Digest April 1985 page 95
4. Macarthur Station NSWrail.net
5. "Macarthur Station's Few Trains" Railway Digest August 1985 page 233
6. "Supersize Trains for Central Coast" Railway Digest November 1986 page 339
7. Macarthur Turnback Project Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transport Construction Authority
8. "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.
9. "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.

External links

• Media related to Macarthur railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Macarthur station details Transport for New South Wales