Leightonfield railway station
Leightonfield | |||||||||||
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 Eastbound view in November 2007 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Christina Road, Villawood | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′53″S 150°59′05″E / 33.881478°S 150.9848°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Southern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 23.67 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am-2pm
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| Station code | LHF | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 24 August 1942 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | |||||||||||
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Leightonfield railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Villawood. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services.
History
[edit]Leightonfield station opened on 24 August 1942 to service the adjacent munitions factory, which contributed to Australia's war effort in World War II.[3] It was transferred from Federal to State Government ownership on 1 February 1962.[4][5]
To the south of the station lies the Southern Sydney Freight Line that opened in January 2013.
Platforms and services
[edit]Historically Leightonfield 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 Leightonfield is served by T3 Bankstown line services terminating at Liverpool and three Liverpool – City via Strathfield services on weekdays.[6][7] The NSW Government Future Transport Strategy (Our vision for transport in NSW) released in September 2022 shows Leightonfield and the Villawood freight intermodal (instead of Birrong) as the interchange between the T3 Bankstown Line branches to Lidcombe and Liverpool.[8]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Central & the City Circle via Lidcombe | 2 services on weekdays[9] | |
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| services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown | [10] | ||
| 2 | services to Liverpool | 1 service on weekdays[9] | |
| services to Liverpool | [10] |
Transport links
[edit]Leightonfield station is served by one NightRide route:
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.
- ^ Barr, Eliza (9 June 2017). "Leightonfield station's WWII story lives on". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Leightonfield Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Leightonfield Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ Transport for NSW (5 September 2022). "Transport for NSW" (PDF). Future Transport Strategy: Our vision for transport in NSW. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ a b "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Leightonfield railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Leightonfield station details Transport for New South Wales
