Macquarie Fields | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Railway Parade, Macquarie Fields | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°59′06″S150°52′43″E / 33.985°S 150.878527°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Southern | ||||||||||
Distance | 33.80 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status |
Staffed: 6am-7pm
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Station code | MQF | ||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 3 October 1888 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2023 [1] |
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Macquarie Fields railway station is located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Fields. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South line services.
Macquarie Fields station opened on 3 October 1888. [3]
An additional track was opened to the west of the station in 1995 as part of the Glenfield - Ingleburn passing loop. [4] This unelectrified track was used by freight and long-distance passenger trains. In December 2012, the track was incorporated into the Southern Sydney Freight Line and became freight only.
It has been reported that a ghost of a teenage girl haunts the station, where screaming is often heard at night after train services have stopped. In July 1906, a woman named Emily Gengeson was reportedly run over and killed by a train. [5]
Since the second half of 2017, Macquarie Fields railway station has been served exclusively by the Airport and East Hills line, meaning commuters have to change at Glenfield to travel to either the city via Granville or to Blacktown via the Cumberland Line. [6] [7]
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | services to Central & the City Circle via Revesby | [8] | |
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2 | services to Macarthur 2 weekday evening peak services to Campbelltown | [8] |
Transit Systems operates one bus route via Macquarie Fields station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
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