Loftus railway station, Sydney

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Loftus
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Southbound view from Platform 2, July 2012
General information
LocationLoftus Avenue, Loftus
Coordinates 34°02′42″S151°03′05″E / 34.04511944°S 151.0512778°E / -34.04511944; 151.0512778
Elevation108 metres (354 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Illawarra
Distance26.29 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleAssisted access
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-2pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pm
Station code LOF
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened9 March 1886
Rebuilt1979
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesLoftus Junction (1886-1896)
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 185,380 (year)
  • 508 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Engadine
towards Waterfall
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line Sutherland
towards Bondi Junction
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Engadine
towards Kiama or Port Kembla
South Coast Line
(peak hour services)
 Sutherland
towards Central or Bondi Junction

Loftus railway station is located on the Illawarra line, serving the Sydney suburb of Loftus. It is served by Sydney Trains' T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and limited NSW TrainLink South Coast Line services.

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History

Loftus station opened on 9 March 1886 as Loftus Junction when the Illawarra line was extended from Sutherland to Waterfall. In September 1896 it was renamed Loftus. It was rebuilt in 1979 as part of the extension of the electrification from Loftus Junction to Waterfall. [3] [4]

From 1886 until 1991, Loftus was the former junction of the branch line to the Royal National Park which branched off immediately south of the station. [5]

Platforms and services

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Bondi Junction [6]
SCO
services to Bondi Junction limited weekday morning peak services [7]
2
T4
services to Waterfall & Helensburgh [6]
SCO
services to Kiama
1 weekday morning service to Port Kembla 		limited weekday morning peak services [7]

U-Go Mobility operates two bus routes via Loftus station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

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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. ↑ Loftus Station NSWrail.net
  4. ↑ "Loftus Signal Box". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage.
  5. ↑ The Royal National Park Branch NSWrail.net
  6. 1 2 "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. 1 2 "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 991". Transport for NSW.
  9. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 993". Transport for NSW.
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