Sefton railway station

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Sefton
Sefton railway station june 2011.JPG
Southbound view in June 2011
General information
LocationWellington Road, Sefton
Australia
Coordinates 33°53′07″S151°00′41″E / 33.885300°S 151.011525°E / -33.885300; 151.011525
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance21.19 kilometres (13.17 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-2pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code SFT
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened19 October 1924
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 322,510 (year)
  • 884 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Chester Hill
towards Liverpool
Liverpool & Inner West Line Regents Park
towards City Circle

Sefton railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern railway line in the Sydney suburb of Sefton. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.

Contents

History

Sefton station opened on 19 October 1924 when the Lidcombe to Regents Park line was extended to Cabramatta to become part of the Main Southern railway line. The station building is of a characteristic standard design from the 1920s and 1930s. The station was further expanded in the following years, with booking and parcels offices installed on the footbridge in 1928. [3]

The station has undergone changes over the years as the importance of the station decreased and its urban context changed. The buildings on the footbridge were removed. Flower boxes, hedges and trees on the platform were removed. An awning was erected at the end of the 20th century to connect the footbridge landing with the main station building. In 2009, as part of the construction of the Southern Sydney Freight Line, major works were carried out in and around the station, including reconstruction of part of the footbridge, and the installation of lifts. The Southern Sydney Freight Line works also added an additional track to the south side of the existing station, but with no platform.

The station is heritage-listed in the state heritage register for New South Wales. [3]

Platforms and services

From its opening, eastbound services connected Sefton to Central via Lidcombe and the Main Suburban railway line. From 1928, the connection of the Bankstown railway line to the Main Southern railway line at Sefton Park Junction provided an alternate route to Central and the City Circle via Bankstown as well. Between 2013 and 2024, eastbound services from Sefton to the City Circle ran only via Bankstown. [4] Following the partial closure of the Bankstown railway line for Sydney Metro conversion in 2024, this situation reverted. Now eastbound services from Sefton operate to the City Circle via Lidcombe again, branded as the T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line. [5]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Central & the City Circle via Regents Park [6]
2
T3
services to Liverpool

Sefton station is served by one NightRide route:

Trackplan

Nearby is the more complicated Sefton Park Junction, which is a triangle, with an additional freight only spur, passenger trains operate on all three sides of the triangle SSFL Sefton Park Junctions.png
Nearby is the more complicated Sefton Park Junction, which is a triangle, with an additional freight only spur, passenger trains operate on all three sides of the triangle

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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. 1 2 Sefton Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  4. ↑ Transport for NSW (December 2020). "West of Bankstown rail services in 2024". NSW Government . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Transport for NSW (October 2024). "Train and bus timetable changes FAQs: 2024 train and bus timetable" (PDF). NSW Government . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. ↑ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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