Macquarie Fields railway station

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Macquarie Fields
Macquarie fields railway station.jpg
Southbound view from Platform 1, November 2011
General information
LocationRailway Parade, Macquarie Fields
Coordinates 33°59′06″S150°52′43″E / 33.985°S 150.878527°E / -33.985; 150.878527
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance33.80 kilometres (21.00 mi) from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks3
Connections TfNSW B.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleNo
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pm
Station code MQF
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened3 October 1888
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 423,730 (year)
  • 1,161 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Ingleburn
towards Macarthur
Airport & South Line Glenfield
towards City Circle

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.

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Bumberry Junction

Bumberry Junction
General information
Coordinates 33°59′15″S150°52′32″E / 33.987510°S 150.875679°E / -33.987510; 150.875679
Line(s) Main South line
Platforms1 (formerly)
Tracks1
Other information
StatusDemolished and closed
History
Opened27 March 1891
Closed2 June 1892
Services
Preceding stationFormer servicesFollowing station
Ingleburn
towards Albury
Main Southern Line Macquarie Fields
towards Sydney

Bumberry Junction (likely a play on words based it being located at the bridge over Bunbury Curran creek[ citation needed ]) was a temporary location on the Main Southern Railway in New South Wales, Australia, between the future Ingleburn, and Macquarie Fields railway stations. It was built for the duplication effort of the line between Liverpool and Campbelltown. The station opened 27 March 1891. [3] It did not appear in passenger timetables however it appeared in working timetables "for the use of officers and employees only". [4]

In August 1891, the station was receiving 4 down services and 4 up services. [5] With the occasional Special running such as "Cook's Special Cheap Excursions". [6] [7] [8]

New South Wales Government Railways monthly notice no. 12 : December 1891. New South Wales Government Railways monthly notice no. 12 - December 1891 (South page 5).jpg
New South Wales Government Railways monthly notice no. 12 : December 1891.

The station had access to the railway telegraph network until 4 April 1892. [9]

The station was decommissioned 2 June 1892 with the completion of the bridge across Bunbury Curran Creek. [10]

Macquarie Fields

Macquarie Fields station opened on 3 October 1888. [11]

An additional track was opened to the west of the station in 1995 as part of the Glenfield - Ingleburn passing loop. [12] 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 woman haunts the station, where crying and screaming are often heard at night after train services have stopped. In July 1906, a 42-year-old woman named Emily Hay Georgeson was reportedly run over and killed by a train. [13]

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. [14] [15]

In 2024, it was announced that the station would be receiving a multi-million dollar upgrade and overhaul, improving accessibility, [16] commuter access and parking. Construction is expected to begin in late 2024 and be completed by 2026. [17]

Platforms and services

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Central & the City Circle via Revesby [18]
2
T8
services to Macarthur
2 weekday evening peak services to Campbelltown 		[18]

Transit Systems operates one bus route via Macquarie Fields station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

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  2. ↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. ↑ Bulletin May 1968 No 367. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/332560
  4. ↑ New South Wales Government Railways monthly notice no. 12 : December 1891. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/375898
  5. ↑ New South Wales Railways Working Timetable for Goods, Stock and Mineral Trains, Southern Division, starts Sunday, 2 August 1891. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/378266
  6. ↑ New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 47 : Saturday, 21 November 1891 to Friday, 27 November 1891. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/376008
  7. ↑ New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 49 : Saturday, 5 December 1891 to Friday, 11 December 1891 | Australian Railway Historical Society (recollect.net.au)
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  12. ↑ "The Glenfield - Ingleburn Passing Loop Project" Railway Digest August 1994 pages 18-19
  13. ↑ KILLED BY A TRAIN, A WOMAN'S TRAGIC END.
  14. ↑ Barr, Eliza (27 February 2017). "Southwest Sydney train service to increase with new peak hour trains and north-south connection from Leppington to Parramatta and Blacktown". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
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