Macarthur railway station

Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

34°04′19″S 150°47′49″E / 34.071893°S 150.79687°E / -34.071893; 150.79687Elevation77 metres (253 ft)Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated bySydney TrainsLine(s)Main SouthernDistance43.7 kilometres from Central[1]Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)Tracks4ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeGroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatus
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-10pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 6am-7pmStation codeMCAWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened28 July 1985; 38 years ago (1985-07-28)ElectrifiedYesPassengers2023[3]
  • 1,521,000 (year)
  • 4,167 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Terminus Airport & South Line Campbelltown
towards City Circle
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Menangle Park
towards Moss Vale or Goulburn
 Southern Highlands Line Campbelltown
Terminus or
towards Central

Macarthur railway station is located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Campbelltown. 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.

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.[4] Construction started in November 1983 with the station opening on 28 July 1985.[5][6][7] It was initially only served by a few peak-hour services until a new timetable was introduced on 16 November 1986.[8]

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.[9]

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 [10]
2
T8
 services to Central & the City Circle via Revesby [10]
SHL
 services to Campbelltown
morning services to Central (1 weekday, 2 weekend)		[11]
3
SHL
 services to Moss Vale
evening services to Goulburn (2 weekday, 1 weekend)		 [11]
Trackplan
Legend
SSFL
UM
DM
 N↑ To Campbelltown
Limit of electrification & suburban train services
Track Ownership Boundary
↑RailCorp ↓ARTC
S↓ To Menangle Park

Transport links

Macarthur station is served by various bus routes with Transit Systems being the primary operator. The bus interchange is located on Menangle Road.

Macarthur Station is also served by one NightRide route:

References

  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 Railway Station" ARHS [1]
  5. ^ "1983/84 Annual Report" Railway Digest April 1985 page 95
  6. ^ Macarthur Station NSWrail.net
  7. ^ "Macarthur Station's Few Trains" Railway Digest August 1985 page 233
  8. ^ "Supersize Trains for Central Coast" Railway Digest November 1986 page 339
  9. ^ Macarthur Turnback Project Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transport Construction Authority
  10. ^ a b "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  11. ^ a b "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
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Sydney Metro services and stations
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Highlands Line
  • Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
  • Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service