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(24 years ago) (2000-08-13)
ElectrifiedYes
Key dates
2014Track duplicated
Services
Preceding station TfNSW L.png Light Rail Following station
Leichhardt North
towards Dulwich Hill
Dulwich Hill Line Rozelle Bay
towards Central

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.

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The station is located at the edge of a wide cutting, beneath the City West Link road which passes overhead. [1] Lilyfield Maintenance Depot is located adjacent to it.

History

Lilyfield station opened on 13 August 2000 in conjunction with the Wentworth Park-Lilyfield extension of the Inner West Light Rail. It lies along the corridor of the former Rozelle–Darling Harbour Goods Line which opened in 1922. A junction connecting to a short branch line from Lilyfield to Rozelle existed west of the former Rozelle Rail Yards, which are adjacent to the station. [2] [3]

The station and its surrounds saw redevelopment in the 2010s. In 2009, goods traffic on the line between Rozelle and Dulwich Hill ceased and in February 2010 the Keneally Government announced a 5.6-kilometre (3.5 mi) extension of the light rail from Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill. [4] A stabling facility for four carriages was built to the west of the stop. [5] A second platform was added for services towards Dulwich Hill. The Dulwich Hill extension opened in 2014.

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. [6]

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References

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