Liverpool railway station, Sydney

Liverpool
Liverpool
	Station building and concourse, December 2007
General information
Location	Bigge Street, Liverpool
Coordinates	33°55′30″S150°55′38″E / 33.92495278°S 150.9271556°E
Elevation	16 metres (52 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Southern
Distance	38.68 kilometres from Central
Platforms	4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks	5
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	LPO
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	26 September 1856
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023	4,588,580 (year); 12,571 (daily)(Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink);
Services

Last updated June 27, 2024

Liverpool railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Liverpool in Australia. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Inner West & Leppington, T3 Bankstown and T5 Cumberland services. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[3]

History

The town (now suburb) of Liverpool on the Georges River was one of the earliest settlements of the colony of New South Wales. The station opened on 26 September 1856 and was an early terminus of the Main South line.^[4] Immediately north of Liverpool station, a former branch line crossed the Georges River and entered the Holsworthy military base. The pylons for the bridge over the river have been reused to provide a pedestrian walkway.

In 1929, the line from Central was electrified. Liverpool remained the terminating point for electric services until the wires were extended to Campbelltown in 1968. It was also a calling point for regional services until the 1990s.

In 1965 one person was killed and three injured when a freight train collided with a stationary electric passenger train at Liverpool station.^[5]

In 2000, the station underwent a major easy access upgrade with the provision of passenger lifts to the platforms, a new passenger concourse, toilets and a refurbishment of the heritage building on platform 1.^[6]

The Southern Sydney Freight Line passes to the east of the station. It opened in January 2013. Around the same time, a new platform for southbound services was constructed as part of the Rail Clearways Program. Platform 4 opened in January 2014.^[7]^[8] Previously platform 2 was the main southbound platform with platform 3 used for turnbacks.

Platforms and services

The station has four platforms. Platforms 1 and 4 serve the Inner West & Leppington and Cumberland lines, and platforms 2 and 3 serve as a terminus for Bankstown line trains.

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T2	services to Central & the City Circle via Granville
1	T5	services to Blacktown, Schofields & Richmond
2	T2	2 weekday late night services to the City Circle
2	T3	terminating services, returning to the City Circle via Bankstown
3	T3	terminating services, returning to the City Circle via Bankstown
3	T5	weekend services to Schofields
4	T2	services to Leppington
4	T5	services to Leppington

Current trackplan

Legend

					N↑ To Warwick Farm

















			Up Dn SSFL		S↓ To Casula

Trackplan prior to SSFL construction

Legend

Transport links

Transit Systems operates 30 bus routes to and from Liverpool station:^[9]

Liverpool station is served by three NightRide routes:^[9]

N30: between Macarthur station and Town Hall station
N31: to Leppington station
N50: to Town Hall station

Heritage listing

Liverpool railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Although the station has been substantially altered, several heritage aspects remain, including the platform 1 station building, dating from c. 1880, the c. 1879 goods shed and 1880 brick-faced platforms.^[3]

Liverpool station building is a good example of a third class station building in the centre of a large scale redevelopment of the site. It indicates the change in technology and approach to railway construction. Liverpool goods shed is a rare brick structure on the State system which is substantially intact with platforms and jib crane. It is located in an historic town and is the last remnant of the early station and yard complex at the site. It is rare as one of the last two surviving brick goods sheds in the State.^[3]

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References

↑ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
1 2 3 "Liverpool Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01181. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
↑ Liverpool Station NSWrail.net
↑ "Liverpool, NSW: Train Crash". Emergency Management Australia. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
↑ "St Leonards and Liverpool Station Openings" Railway Digest April 2000 pages 10, 12
↑ Liverpool Fourth Platform Project Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
↑ Liverpool Turnback Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for New South Wales January 2014
1 2 Liverpool Station Transport for NSW

Attribution

This Wikipedia article contains material from Liverpool Railway Station group , entry number 01181 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 2 June 2018.

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[1] "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

[note1-2] This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.

[nswshr-1181-3] 1 2 3 "Liverpool Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01181. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .

[4] Liverpool Station NSWrail.net

[5] "Liverpool, NSW: Train Crash". Emergency Management Australia. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[DigestApr00-6] "St Leonards and Liverpool Station Openings" Railway Digest April 2000 pages 10, 12

[7] Liverpool Fourth Platform Project Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation

[8] Liverpool Turnback Archived 8 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for New South Wales January 2014

[Bus-9] 1 2 Liverpool Station Transport for NSW

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