Padstow railway station, Sydney

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Padstow
Padstow Railway Station 4.JPG
Station entrance in May 2007
General information
LocationHoward Road, Padstow
Coordinates 33°57′07″S151°01′56″E / 33.9518889°S 151.032325°E / -33.9518889; 151.032325
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) East Hills
Distance19.34 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code PDW
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened21 December 1931
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 1,210,210 (year)
  • 3,316 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Revesby
towards Revesby or Macarthur
Airport & South Line Riverwood
towards City Circle

Padstow railway station is located on the East Hills line, serving the Sydney suburb of Padstow. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South line services.

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History

Padstow station opened on 21 December 1931 when the line was extended from Kingsgrove to East Hills. [3] [4]

On 5 May 1986, the line was duplicated from Riverwood with a new track laid to the north of the existing one. [5] The line from Padstow to Revesby was duplicated around the same time. [6]

In 2002, the station was upgraded and given a new concourse and lift. [7]

In 2013, as part of the quadruplication of the line from Kingsgrove to Revesby, through lines were added on either side of the existing pair. [8]

Platforms and services

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1
T8
services to Central & the City Circle via the Airport [9]
2
T8
services to Revesby
early morning & late night services to Macarthur
2 weekday evening peak services to Campbelltown
[9]

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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. Padstow Station Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
  4. Padstow Railway Station Group Archived 7 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. "Riverwood-Padstow" Railway Digest July 1986 page 214
  6. "The East Hills to Glenfield Line" Railway Digest August 1986 pages 234-235
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Kingsgrove to Revesby Quadruplication Project Profile Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
  9. 1 2 "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.