Campbelltown railway station

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Campbelltown
Campbelltown Railway Station.jpg
Northbound view from Platform 3, December 2012
General information
LocationHurley Street, Campbelltown
Coordinates 34°03′49″S150°48′52″E / 34.063659°S 150.814347°E / -34.063659; 150.814347
Elevation67 metres (220 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance41.4 kilometres from Central [1]
Platforms4 (1 island, 1 side, 1 bay)
Tracks5
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code CAM
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened17 May 1858
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [2]
  • 2,946,450 (year)
  • 8,072 (daily) [3] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Macarthur
Terminus
 Airport & South Line Leumeah
towards City Circle
Preceding station TfNSW T.png 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 stationFormer ServicesFollowing 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.

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History

Historical view of the station Railway Station - Campbelltown (4975634256).jpg
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

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
16 morning peak services to Central & the City Circle via Sydenham
4 terminating services from Central & the City Circle via Sydenham
2 terminating services from Central & the City Circle via the Airport 		[15]
2
T8
services to Central & the City Circle via Wolli Creek [16]
SHL
morning services to Central (1 weekday, 2 weekend) [17]
services to Central Set down only [18]
3
T8
services to Macarthur [16]
SHL
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
SHL
services to Moss Vale
1 weekday evening service to Goulburn 		[17]
Trackplan
Siding lengths not to scale
Legend
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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]

Bus stop bays on east side of station Campbelltown railway station bus stop east side.jpg
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:

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