Leightonfield railway station

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Leightonfield
Leightonfield Railway Station 5.JPG
Eastbound view in November 2007
General information
LocationChristina Road, Villawood
Australia
Coordinates 33°52′53″S150°59′05″E / 33.881478°S 150.9848°E / -33.881478; 150.9848
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance23.67 kilometres (14.71 mi) from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleNo
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am to 2pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code LHF
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened24 August 1942
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 111,020 (year)
  • 304 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.svg Sydney Trains Following station
Villawood
towards Liverpool
Liverpool & Inner West Line Chester Hill
towards City Circle
Location
Leightonfield railway station

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

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History

Leightonfield station opened on 24 August 1942 to service the adjacent munitions factory, which contributed to Australia's war effort in World War II. [3] It was transferred from Federal to State Government ownership on 1 February 1962. [4] [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 Leightonfield to the City Circle via Lidcombe and the Main Suburban railway line. Between 2013 and 2024, eastbound services from Leightonfield 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 Leightonfield 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

Leightonfield station is served by one NightRide route:

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. Barr, Eliza (9 June 2017). "Leightonfield station's WWII story lives on". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  4. Leightonfield Station NSWrail.net
  5. Leightonfield Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  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.
  9. "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.