Campbelltown railway station

Campbelltown
Northbound view from Platform 3, December 2012
General information
LocationHurley Street, Campbelltown
Coordinates34°03′49″S 150°48′52″E / 34.063659°S 150.814347°E / -34.063659; 150.814347
Elevation67 metres (220 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)Main Southern
Distance41.4 kilometres (25.7 mi) from Central[1]
Platforms4 (1 island, 1 side, 1 bay)
Tracks5
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeCAM
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened17 May 1858
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023[3]
  • 2,946,450 (year)
  • 8,072 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Macarthur
Terminus
 Airport & South Line Leumeah
towards City Circle
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Macarthur
towards Moss Vale or Goulburn
 Southern Highlands Line Terminus
Southern Highlands Line
Limited morning and evening services
 Glenfield
towards Central
Mittagong
towards Griffith or Canberra
 NSW TrainLink Southern Line
Griffith or Canberra Xplorer
 Sydney
Terminus
Moss Vale
towards Melbourne
 NSW TrainLink Southern Line
Melbourne XPT
Former services
Preceding station Former services Following station
Glenlee
towards Albury
 Main Southern Line
(pre-1947)
 Leumeah
towards Sydney
Maryfields
towards Camden
 Camden Line
(1882-1963)
 Terminus

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.

History

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Historical view of the station

Campbelltown 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

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Platform 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		 [15]
2 services to Central & the City Circle via Wolli Creek [16]
morning services to Central (1 weekday, 2 weekend)[17]
services to CentralSet 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 & MelbournePick up only[18]
4 services to Moss Vale
1 weekday evening service to Goulburn		 [17]
Trackplan
Siding lengths not to scale
Legend
 N↑ To Leumeah
Link to Campbelltown Yard (not shown)
Links to Campbelltown Yard (not shown)
S↓ To Macarthur

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]

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Bus stop bays on east side of station

Campbelltown Station Bus Interchange

Stand A: Transit Systems

Stand B: Transit Systems

Stand C: Picton Buslines

Stand D: Transit Systems

Stand E: Transit Systems

Stand F: Transit Systems

Stand G: Transit Systems West side

Stand H: Transit Systems West side

Campbelltown station is served by one NightRide route:

References

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  1. ^ "Standard Details · Transport Standards Portal" (PDF).
  2. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  4. ^ "CAMPBELLTOWN". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ^ "YESTERDAY'S SYDNEY NEWS". Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 18 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ "CAMPBELLTOWN". Empire. 13 March 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. ^ "CAMPBELLTOWN". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. ^ "GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY.—OPENING TO CAMPBELLTOWN". New South Wales Government Gazette. 18 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  9. ^ "GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  10. ^ New South Wales Railways: Camden Line NSWrail.net
  11. ^ Neety's Train Page: Electrification. Retrieved 11 December 2006.
  12. ^ https://www.cordellconnect.com.au/public/project/ProjectDetails.aspx?uid=338711
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
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  16. ^ a b "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  17. ^ a b c "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  18. ^ a b "Southern timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
  19. ^ DRIVERS ROUTE KNOWLEDGE DIAGRAMS - MAIN SOUTH LINE (PDF). Sydney Trains. 2020. pp. 29–30.
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  41. ^ "Transit Systems route 880". Transport for NSW.
  42. ^ "Transit Systems route 881". Transport for NSW.
  43. ^ "Transit Systems route 882". Transport for NSW.
  44. ^ "Transit Systems route 883". Transport for NSW.
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