Campbelltown railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Campbelltown. It is served by Sydney Trains' T8 Airport & South line services and NSW TrainLink services to Moss Vale, Goulburn, Canberra, Griffith and Melbourne.
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Location | Hurley Street, Campbelltown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°03′49″S 150°48′52″E / 34.063659°S 150.814347°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 67 metres (220 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Sydney Trains | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Southern | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 41.4 kilometres (25.7 mi) from Central[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 (1 island, 1 side, 1 bay) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | CAM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 17 May 1858 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
editCampbelltown Railway Station was briefly the southernmost extent of Great Southern Railway of New South Wales being situated at the end of the Liverpool to Campbelltown railway extension completed in 1858.
The station opened on 4 May 1858[4] with services commencing 17 May 1858.[5] Preparations for the opening of the railway station commenced after a 3pm meeting at the Court House on 12 March 1858.[6] In the meantime, the railway was progressing towards completion with the Chief Commissioner, Chief Engineer, and railway officials having inspected the progress of station construction on 29 April 1858.[7]
The opening included an afternoon banquet, "with every delicacy upon the table which the colony can produce will be held in the goods station (which has been placed at the disposal of the committee by the Commission).", an evening ball, "upon a scale which would do credit to a much larger town than we can boast of", a band placed on an elevated platform, and separate male and female areas with each area to be waited upon by a man-servant and female respectively.
The revised Great Southern Railway timetable for the opening of the railway listed seven down, and seven up, services; five passenger services, and two mixed services. The journey time from Sydney was 1 hour 45 minutes with 8 stops for a 34-mile journey length. Services from Campbelltown commenced at 6am and finished at 5:30pm.[8] However, soon after opening, the travel time had become 2 hours with services commencing at 6:50am and finishing at 5:45pm and the loss of a goods/mixed service.[9]
Between 1882 and 1963, it was the junction station for the Campbelltown-Camden line.[10]
On 5 May 1968, the Main South line was electrified from Liverpool.[11] It was the extremity of the Sydney suburban network until extended to Macarthur opened in July 1985. However many services still terminate at Campbelltown.
In June 1999, an upgrade to the station including lifts was complete.[12]
In January 2013, the Southern Sydney Freight Line opened on the western side of the station. The station is surrounded by an extensive network of sidings to stable terminating Sydney Trains rolling stock.
Since the second half of 2017, Campbelltown railway station has been served exclusively by the Airport and East Hills line, meaning commuters have to change at Glenfield to travel to either the city via Granville or to Blacktown via the Cumberland Line.[13][14]
Platforms and services
editPlatform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | 6 morning peak services to Central & the City Circle via Sydenham 8 terminating services from Central & the City Circle via Sydenham 2 terminating services from Central & the City Circle via the Airport |
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2 | services to Central & the City Circle via Wolli Creek | [16] | |
morning services to Central (1 weekday, 2 weekend) | [17] | ||
services to Central | Set down only[18] | ||
3 | services to Macarthur | [16] | |
1 evening service to Moss Vale 1 evening service to Goulburn | Pick up only on weekdays; the weekday service divides at Moss Vale[17] | ||
services to Canberra, Griffith & Melbourne | Pick up only[18] | ||
4 | services to Moss Vale 1 weekday evening service to Goulburn |
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To the west of the station is Campbelltown Yard, a large rail yard where trains are parked overnight and during the off-peak. The Southern Sydney Freight Line (leased to Australian Rail Track Corporation) also runs through Campbelltown Station. It has no platforms (as it is a freight line) and passes to the west of Campbelltown Yard. There are also a number of sidings and refuges around Campbelltown. Some of these sidings, such as the perway siding and the goods siding (the two dead ends north of the station), are unelectrified, and rarely used. There are no signals permitting a movement into the perway siding (the northern one), so the catch points must be manually closed after receiving permission from the signaller. The other siding is connected to platform 4, a dock platform used by terminating Southern Highlands line trains. All platforms at Campbelltown are long enough for 8 car suburban trains, with the exception of platform 4, which is around 100m long, enough to fit 4 Endeavour cars.[19]
Transport links
editCampbelltown Station Bus Interchange
Stand A: Transit Systems
- 890: to Harrington Park[20]
- 890C: to Camden[21]
- 891: to Mount Annan South, off-peak extension to Narellan[22]
- 892: to Mount Annan[23]
- 893: to Narellan[24]
- 894: peak hours only to Bridgewater Estate[25]
- 894X: peak hours only to Bridgewater Estate via Camden Bypass[26]
- 895: to Camden South[27]
- 896: to Oran Park Town Centre[28]
- 897: to Smeaton Grange[29]
- 898: peak hours only to Harrington Park, occasional extension to Catherine Field[30]
Stand B: Transit Systems
- 886: to Glen Alpine[31]
- 887: to Wollongong[32]
- 888: to St Helens Park South[33]
- 889: to Menangle[34]
Stand C: Picton Buslines
Stand D: Transit Systems
Stand E: Transit Systems
Stand F: Transit Systems
Stand G: Transit Systems West side
- 840: to Campbelltown Hospital[46]
Stand H: Transit Systems West side
Campbelltown station is served by one NightRide route:
References
edit- ^ "Standard Details · Transport Standards Portal" (PDF).
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "CAMPBELLTOWN". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "YESTERDAY'S SYDNEY NEWS". Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 18 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "CAMPBELLTOWN". Empire. 13 March 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "CAMPBELLTOWN". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY.—OPENING TO CAMPBELLTOWN". New South Wales Government Gazette. 18 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ New South Wales Railways: Camden Line NSWrail.net
- ^ Neety's Train Page: Electrification. Retrieved 11 December 2006.
- ^ https://www.cordellconnect.com.au/public/project/ProjectDetails.aspx?uid=338711
- ^ Barr, Eliza (27 February 2017). "Southwest Sydney train service to increase with new peak hour trains and north-south connection from Leppington to Parramatta and Blacktown". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Matt (27 February 2017). "Decision on rail link to new Sydney airport 'many years off', Transport Minister Andrew Constance says". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b c "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "Southern timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
- ^ DRIVERS ROUTE KNOWLEDGE DIAGRAMS - MAIN SOUTH LINE (PDF). Sydney Trains. 2020. pp. 29–30.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 890". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 890C". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 891". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 892". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 893". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 894". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 894X". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 895". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 896". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 897". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 898". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 886". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 887". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 888". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 889". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Picton Buslines route 900". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 884". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 884W". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 885". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 878". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 879". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 880". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 881". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 882". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 883". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 883K". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "Interline route 840". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N30 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links
edit- Media related to Campbelltown railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Campbelltown station details Transport for New South Wales