Cabramatta railway station is a suburban railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Leppington & Inner West Line, T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line and T5 Cumberland Line services.
History Cabramatta station opened in 1870 on the Granville to Liverpool section of the Main South line.Cabramatta Station NSWrail.net On 8 October 1924, Cabramatta line became a junction station when another branch of the Main Southern line opened from Sefton, joining the existing line just north of the station.
In April 1996, the junction was upgraded from a low speed one with an speed limit. To make the higher speeds possible, the track centres have been widened from at the platforms to about at the diamond crossing at the heart of the junction. Longer points were installed."Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest May 1996 page 41
The station received lifts as part of an easy access upgrade in 2004.
As part of the Southern Sydney Freight Line project, a third line was built behind the eastern side of the station. Due to limited space, an overhead concourse was constructed to replace a building on platform 2. The new concourse opened in 2011, the line in December 2013.Cabramatta Station Upgrade Gartner RoseWe wanted to make sure we got it right': new rail line opens ... three years late Sydney Morning Herald 21 January 2013New Line to Reduce Congestion on Sydney Rail Network Opens Australian Rail Track Corporation 21 January 2013
Services Platforms
Transport links
Transit Systems operates five bus routes via Cabramatta station, under contract to Transport for NSW: 805: to Liverpool station 807: to Cecil Park 815: to Mount Pritchard 816: to Greenfield Park 817: to Fairfield station
Cabramatta station is served by one NightRide route: N50: Liverpool station to Town Hall station
Trackplan
References
External links
Cabramatta station details Transport for New South Wales Cabramatta Station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW