Lilyfield light rail station

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Lilyfield
Lilyfield light rail stop view from bridge March 2017.jpg
Lilyfield in March 2017
General information
LocationCatherine Street, Lilyfield
Australia
Coordinates 33°52′27″S151°09′54″E / 33.87417°S 151.16500°E / -33.87417; 151.16500
Owned by Transport for NSW
Operated by Transdev Sydney
Line(s) Inner West Light Rail
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections TfNSW B.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened13 August 2000(25 years ago) (2000-08-13)
ElectrifiedYes
Key dates
2014Track duplicated
Services
Preceding station TfNSW L.svg Sydney Light Rail Following station
Leichhardt North
towards Dulwich Hill
Dulwich Hill Line Rozelle Bay
towards Central
Location
Lilyfield light rail station

Lilyfield light rail station is a light rail station located on the Inner West Light Rail line, serving the Sydney suburb of Lilyfield. It is served by Sydney Light Rail L1 Dulwich Hill Line services. The stop opened on 13 August 2000 with the line's extension, becoming its terminus until 2014.

Contents

The station is located at the edge of a wide cutting, beneath the City West Link road which passes overhead, whilst Catherine Street passes over the railway just west of the platforms. [1] Lilyfield Maintenance Depot is located adjacent to it.

Prior to 1958, a tram line connecting the city centre to Lilyfield terminated on the Catherine Street bridge, next to where the station now stands. The area in front of the present-day entrance was used for the performance of safe working procedures. A crossover was located on the bridge. [2]

History

The station is situated along the former Rozelle–Darling Harbour Goods Line, which opened in 1922. To the west, a junction connected the mainline to the former Rozelle Rail Yards, which were adjacent to the station, and from which ran a branch line to Rozelle. [3] [4] In January 1996, the Lilyfield to Ultimo section of the goods line closed. [5] [6]

Lilyfield station opened on 13 August 2000 as the terminus of the light rail extension from Wentworth Park, the initial light rail terminus along the converted goods line. [7]

The station and its immediate surrounds were significantly redeveloped in the 2010s. A 5.6-kilometre (3.5 mi) extension of the light rail from Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill was announced in 2010, following the cessation of goods traffic the year prior. [8] [9] A stabling facility for four carriages was built to the west of the stop [10] and a second platform was added for services towards Dulwich Hill. The Dulwich Hill extension opened in 2014. [11]

In 2016, following significant patronage growth on the line, Transport for NSW briefed the transport minister on ways by which service frequencies could be increased. One idea floated was to terminate some services from Central at Lilyfield. [12]

Lilyfield was intended for temporary use as a terminus in early 2022. Cracking discovered on the line's rolling stock in October the year prior had forced a cessation of services, which were replaced by buses. A limitation re-introduction of services to Lilyfield in February was to precede a full restoration to Dulwich Hill. [13] However, it was found that the eastern suburbs fleet was compatible with the line to Dulwich Hill, and so services were restored all the way in February instead. [14]

Services

LineStopping patternNotes
services to Central & Dulwich Hill [1]

The station is served by the 437 bus route between Five Dock and the Queen Victoria Building, and by a school bus route serving the Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dulwich Hill Line". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Rail Transport in Glebe". The Glebe Society. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Bozier, Rolfe. "Rozelle - Darling Harbour Goods Line". NSWrail. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rozelle Rail Yards". thebayssydney.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Last Freight Finishes on Darling Harbour Line Railway Digest March 1996 Page 15
  6. ↑ "Sydney Inner West Light Rail Construction and Extension, Australia". Railway Technology. 3 November 1998. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Stynes, Jennifer (19 August 2000). "All stops to Lilyfield". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 6.
  8. ↑ "Inner West Light rail extension now complete". Transport for NSW. 27 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Lost Railways: Rozelle-Darling Harbour Goods Line". PocketOz Sydney. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Inner West Light Rail Extension – Light rail stabling within the former Rozelle Goods Yard" (PDF). John Holland Pty Ltd. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Inner West Light Rail". The Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  12. ↑ O'Sullivan, Matt (27 August 2017). "Why trams on Sydney's booming inner west light rail aren't running more often". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  13. ↑ Tatham, Harriet (16 December 2021). "Plagued inner west light rail line to run limited services early next year with CBD trams". ABC News. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  14. ↑ Trigg, Che-Marie. "The Inner-West Light Rail Finally Returns This Weekend". Broadsheet. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "Lilyfield Light Rail". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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