Carramar railway station
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Carramar | |||||||||||
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 Eastbound view in July 2018 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Wattle Avenue, Carramar | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°53′03″S 150°57′41″E / 33.884256°S 150.961347°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 11 metres (36 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Southern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 25.89 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am-2pm
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| Station code | CMR | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 1924 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | South Fairfield | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | |||||||||||
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Carramar railway station is located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Carramar. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown Line services.
History[edit]
Carramar station opened as South Fairfield on 8 October 1924 when the Main South line was extended from Regents Park to Cabramatta.[3][4] It was renamed Carramar on 1 July 1926.[5]
To the south of the station lies the Southern Sydney Freight Line that opened in January 2013.
Platforms and services[edit]
Historically Carramar was served by services from the city and Lidcombe operating to Liverpool. This changed in the early 2000s, when most services to Liverpool were altered to operate via Bankstown. Today Carramar is served by T3 Bankstown Line services terminating at Liverpool and three Liverpool / City via Strathfield services on weekdays.[6][7]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Central & the City Circle via Lidcombe | 2 services on weekdays[8] | |
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| services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown | [7] | ||
| 2 | services to Liverpool | 1 service on weekdays[8] | |
| services to Liverpool | [7] |
References[edit]
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Carramar Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Carramar Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ "60 Years Ago" Railway Digest July 1986 page 222
- ^ "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b c "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
External links[edit]
Media related to Carramar railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Carramar station details Transport for New South Wales
