Leppington railway station is the terminus of the South West Rail Link which serves the south-western Sydney suburb of Leppington. It opened on 8 February 2015.[3] A ten road stabling facility is located to the west of the station at Rossmore.[4] It is serviced by Sydney Trains' T2 Leppington & Inner West Line and T5 Cumberland Line services.
Leppington | |||||||||||||||
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 Westbound view of station platforms and footbridge, February 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Leppington Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°57′18″S 150°48′29″E / 33.954983°S 150.80814399999997°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | South West Rail Link | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 51.1 kilometres (31.8 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (2 island) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 8 February 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms and services
editLeppington has two island platforms with four faces.[5] Initial services consisted of a half-hourly shuttle to Liverpool.[6] From 13 December 2015, trains operate directly to the city via Granville. Despite all four platforms capable of serving any line, platform 2 and 3 are normally used to serve the T2 and T5, while platforms 1 and 4 remain mostly unused.[7] From 26 November 2017, Cumberland Line services stop at the station, providing a link to Parramatta, Blacktown, Schofields and Richmond.[8][9]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 to 4 | terminating services to & from Central & the City Circle via Liverpool and Granville | [10] | |
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| terminating services to & from Blacktown, Schofields and Richmond | [11] |
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Transport links
editThis section needs to be updated. The reason given is: Interline Bus Services and Busabout Sydney no longer operates these routes since October 2023; these routes have been taken by Transit Systems NSW - please update the timetable references as well. (September 2024) |
Interline Bus Services operates three bus routes via Leppington station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
Busabout operates one bus route via Leppington station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
Gallery
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Station entrance -
Concourse -
Stairway from platform to concourse -
A Waratah train at platform 2
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.
- ^ Sydney opens South West Rail Link International Railway Journal 10 February 2015
- ^ Sydney's $1.8 bn South West Rail Link opens Urbanlyst 10 February 2015
- ^ South West Rail Link Overview p.3 - Transport Construction Authority
- ^ "First test trains hit the tracks on South West Rail Link". Transport for NSW. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ "South West Rail Link: Soon to head North and East, with more services". Transport for NSW. 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015.
- ^ Barr, Eliza (27 February 2017). "Southwest Sydney train service to increase with new peak hour trains and north-south connection from Leppington to Parramatta and Blacktown". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Matt (27 February 2017). "Decision on rail link to new Sydney airport 'many years off', Transport Minister Andrew Constance says". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "T5: Cumberland line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Interline route 855". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Interline route 856". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Interline route 858". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 841". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Leppington railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Leppington station details Transport for New South Wales
