Lewisham railway station, Sydney

Lewisham
Station shelter on Platform 2, October 2006
General information
Location	Railway Terrace, Lewisham
Coordinates	33°53′36″S151°08′51″E / 33.89342°S 151.14762°E / -33.89342; 151.14762
Elevation	24 metres (79 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Suburban
Distance	6.25 kilometres from Central
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus and Light Rail
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	No
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am to 7pm Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed
Station code	LWI
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1886
Rebuilt	19 December 1891
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023 [1]	1,341,900 (year) 3,676 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Summer Hill towards Parramatta or Leppington Leppington & Inner West Line Petersham towards City Circle Summer Hill towards Liverpool Liverpool & Inner West Line       North Shore & Western Line does not stop here       Northern Line does not stop here

Lewisham railway station is located on the Main Suburban line, serving the Sydney suburb of Lewisham. It is served by Sydney Trains' T2 Leppington & Inner West Line and occasional T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.

History

Lewisham station opened in 1886. ^[3] The Main Suburban line through Lewisham was quadruplicated in 1892, ^[4] and sextuplicated in 1927 in association with electrification works. ^[5]

As part of the 1892 work, the northern side platform was converted to an island platform and a new platform constructed on the most northern line. The former was trimmed back to a single platform, and the latter demolished as part of the 1927 works. In September 1990, Lewisham closed for three months as the first station that CityRail upgraded. ^[6]

An easy access upgrade to the station will commence in 2024. ^[7]

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T2	services to Central & the City Circle	[8]
	T3	services to Central & the City Circle (weekday early morning, late night and weekends only)	[8]
2	T2	services to Homebush, Leppington & Parramatta	[8]
	T3	services to Liverpool via Regents Park (weekday early morning, late night and weekends only)	[8]

Transport links

Transit Systems operates one bus route via Lewisham station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 413: Railway Square to Campsie station ^[9]

Lewisham station is served by one NightRide route:

• N50: Liverpool station to Town Hall station ^[10]

The Inner West Light Rail's Lewisham West stop is located 300 metres south-west of Lewisham station. ^[11]

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. Lewisham Station NSWrail.net
4. "NSW Railway Passenger Services 1880-1905" Australian Railway History Vol 56 No 810 April 2005 page 141
5. "Sydney Electric Trains from 1926-1960" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin April 2001 page 128
6. "Lewisham" Railway Digest February 1990 page 48
7. Lewisham Station Upgrade
8. "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
9. "Transit Systems route 413". Transport for NSW.
10. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
11. Light Rail information NSW Transport Information

External links

• Media related to Lewisham railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Lewisham station details Transport for New South Wales