Auburn railway station, Sydney

Auburn
Westbound view from Platform 3 showing shelters and buildings in January 2008
General information
Location	Rawson Street, Auburn Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°50′58″S151°01′58″E / 33.84930556°S 151.03285°E / -33.84930556; 151.03285 (Auburn railway station, Sydney)
Owned by	Transport Asset Manager of NSW
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line	Main Suburban
Distance	18.63 km (11.58 mi) from Central
Platforms	4 (2 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	AUB
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1877(148 years ago) (1877)
Rebuilt	1913(112 years ago) (1913) 1954(71 years ago) (1954)
Electrified	Yes (from 1928)
Passengers
2023 [1]	8,446,450 (year) 23,141 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Clyde towards Penrith North Shore & Western Line Weekday limited and weekends only Lidcombe towards Berowra Clyde towards Parramatta or Leppington Leppington & Inner West Line Lidcombe towards City Circle
Former services Preceding station Former services Following station Lidcombe towards Abattoirs Abattoirs Line (1911–1995) Terminus
Location

Auburn railway station is a suburban railway station located on the Main Suburban line, serving the Sydney suburb of Auburn. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western Line and T2 Leppington & Inner West Line services. The station serves one of the most multi-culturally diverse suburbs in the city.

To the west of the station lies Auburn Railway Signal Box, UGL Unipart's Maintrain maintenance facility, the Auburn Maintenance Centre and a Pacific National depot.

History

Auburn station opened in 1877. ^[3] The station was rebuilt in 1913 and again in 1954 when the line was quadrupled. ^[4]

The original subway underneath the platforms was closed in the 1990s, replaced by a new subway further east, which remains in use to this day.

The station was upgraded in 2007 with new lifts and tiling by Haslin Constructions for RailCorp at a cost of $5.5 million. ^[5]

Services

Platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T1	occasional early morning & late night services to Hornsby & Berowra via Central & Chatswood	infrequently used [6]
2	T1	weekday early morning & late night services to Penrith	infrequently used [6]
3	T1	weekend services to North Sydney, Chatswood and Lindfield via Central	[6]
	T2	services to the City Circle	[7]
4	T1	weekend services to Penrith	[6]
	T2	weekday services to Parramatta services to Leppington	[7]

Transport links

Busways operates two bus routes via Auburn station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 540: to Silverwater Correctional Complex ^[8]
• 544: to Macquarie Centre ^[9]

Transdev NSW operates four bus routes via Auburn station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 908: Merrylands to Bankstown ^[10]
• 909: Parramatta to Bankstown ^[11]
• 911: to Bankstown ^[12]
• S3: to Auburn Botanical Gardens ^[13]

Auburn railway station is served by two NightRide routes:

• N60: Fairfield station to Town Hall station ^[14]
• N61: Carlingford station to Town Hall station ^[15]

Trackplan

Track arrangement at Auburn

References

1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
3. Auburn Station NSWrail.net
4. Auburn Railway Signal Box NSW Environment & Heritage
5. Haslin Constructions
6. 1 2 3 4 T1 timetable Transport for NSW
7. T2 timetable Transport for NSW
8. Route 540 timetable Transport for NSW
9. Route 544 timetable Transport for NSW
10. Route 908 timetable Transport for NSW
11. Route 909 timetable Transport for NSW
12. Route 911 timetable Transport for NSW
13. Route S3 timetable Transport for NSW
14. Route N60 timetable Transport for NSW
15. Route N61 timetable Transport for NSW

External links

Media related to Auburn railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Auburn station details Transport for NSW
• Auburn Station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW