Loftus | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Loftus Avenue, Loftus | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°02′42″S151°03′05″E / 34.04511944°S 151.0512778°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 108 metres (354 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Illawarra | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 26.29 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Assisted access | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Status |
Staffed: 6am-2pm
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Station code | LOF | ||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 9 March 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Loftus Junction | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Loftus railway station is located on the Illawarra line, serving the Sydney suburb of Loftus. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 line services and limited NSW TrainLink South Coast line services.
Loftus station opened on 9 March 1886 as Loftus Junction when the Illawarra line was extended from Sutherland to Waterfall. Until September 1896, it was called Loftus Junction. 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]
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | services to Bondi Junction | [6] | |
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services to Bondi Junction | limited weekday morning peak services [7] | ||
2 | services to Waterfall & Helensburgh | [6] | |
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:
The Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line is a commuter railway line on the Sydney Trains network in the eastern and southern suburbs of Sydney. The line was constructed in the 1880s to Wollongong to take advantage of agricultural and mining potentials in the Illawarra area. In March 1926, it became the first railway in New South Wales to run electric train services.
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