Carramar railway station

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Carramar
Carramar Railway Station 1069.JPG
Eastbound view in July 2018
General information
LocationWattle Avenue, Carramar
Australia
Coordinates 33°53′03″S150°57′41″E / 33.884256°S 150.961347°E / -33.884256; 150.961347
Elevation11 metres (36 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance25.89 kilometres (16.09 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleNo
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-2pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code CMR
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened8 October 1924
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesSouth Fairfield (1924-1926)
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 285,270 (year)
  • 782 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Cabramatta
towards Liverpool
Liverpool & Inner West Line Villawood
towards City Circle

Carramar railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern railway line in the Sydney suburb of Carramar. It is served by Sydney Trains' T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.

Contents

History

Carramar station opened as South Fairfield on 8 October 1924 when the Main Southern railway line was extended from Regents Park to Cabramatta. [3] [4] It was renamed Carramar on 1 July 1926. [5]

To the south of the station lies the Southern Sydney Freight Line, which opened in January 2013.

Platforms and services

Historically, eastbound services connected Carramar to the City Circle via Lidcombe and the Main Suburban railway line. Between 2013 and 2024, eastbound services from Carramar to the City Circle ran only via an alternate route along the Bankstown railway line. [6] Following the partial closure of the Bankstown railway line for Sydney Metro conversion in 2024, this situation reverted. Now eastbound services from Carramar operate to the City Circle via Lidcombe again, branded as the T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line. [7]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Central & the City Circle via Regents Park [8]
2
T3
services to Liverpool

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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. ↑ Carramar Station NSWrail.net
  4. ↑ Carramar Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ↑ "60 Years Ago" Railway Digest July 1986 page 222
  6. ↑ Transport for NSW (December 2020). "West of Bankstown rail services in 2024". NSW Government . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Transport for NSW (October 2024). "Train and bus timetable changes FAQs: 2024 train and bus timetable" (PDF). NSW Government . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
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