Warwick Farm railway station
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Warwick Farm | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Southbound view in August 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Remembrance Drive, Warwick Farm | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°54′48″S 150°56′06″E / 33.91336944°S 150.9350389°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 10 metres (33 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Southern | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 28.43 kilometres from Central | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am-7pm
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| Station code | WKF | |||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 18 March 1889 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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Warwick Farm railway station is located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Warwick Farm. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Inner West & Leppington, T3 Bankstown and T5 Cumberland line services.
History[edit]
The original Warwick Farm station opened on 18 March 1889 as a private platform for William Forrester near the former level crossing on the Hume Highway. It was relocated to its present location in 1943 when nearby Warwick Farm Racecourse was used as a military camp.[3][4][5]
Previously, a 1.6-kilometre branch line to the racecourse branched off from the Main South line north of the station, and carried special racecourse trains on race days. The branch opened in June 1889, closed in August 1990 and was removed in December 1991.[6][7][8]
The Southern Sydney Freight Line opened immediately to the east of the station in January 2013. As part of its construction, a footbridge with lifts and stairs was constructed. Previously, crossing the railway line required passengers to use the Hume Highway bridge. Platform 2 was very narrow and was widened during the works.
Platforms and services[edit]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Central & the City Circle via Granville | [9] | |
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| services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown | [10] | ||
| services to Blacktown, Schofields and Richmond | [11] | ||
| 2 | services to Leppington | [9] | |
| services to Liverpool | [10] | ||
| services to Leppington weekend services to Liverpool | [11] |
Transport links[edit]
Transdev NSW operates one bus route via Warwick Farm station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
Warwick Farm station is served by one NightRide route:
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Warwick Farm Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Warwick Farm Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ Warwick Farm Railway Station Precinct Assessment Australian Rail Track Corporation
- ^ Warwick Farm Racecourse Branch NSWrail.net
- ^ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest October 1990 page 369
- ^ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest February 1992 page 73
- ^ a b "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "T5: Cumberland line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev NSW route 904". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links[edit]
Media related to Warwick Farm railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Warwick Farm station details Transport for New South Wales
