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Edmondson Park railway station

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Edmondson Park
Station entrance, February 2015
General information
LocationEdmondson Park
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)South West Rail Link
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 6am-7pm
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened8 February 2015
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023[2]
  • 1,960,790 (year)
  • 5,372 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Leppington
Terminus
Leppington & Inner West Line Glenfield
towards City Circle
Cumberland Line Glenfield
towards Richmond

Edmondson Park railway station is a station on the South West Rail Link which serves the south-western Sydney suburb of Edmondson Park. It opened on 8 February 2015.[3][4] It is part of the Sydney Trains network, with T2 Leppington & Inner West Line and T5 Cumberland Line services.

History

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Edmondson Park has one island platform with two faces.[5] Initial services consisted of a half-hourly shuttle between Leppington and Liverpool.[6] From 13 December 2015, trains operate directly to the city via Granville.[7] From 26 November 2017, Cumberland Line services stop at the station, providing a link to Parramatta, Blacktown, Schofields and Richmond.[8][9]

Platforms and services

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Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Central & the City Circle via Liverpool and Granville [10]
services to Blacktown, Schofields and Richmond[11]
2 services to Leppington [10]
services to Leppington[11]
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Transit Systems NSW operates three bus routes via Edmondson Park station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

References

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  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Sydney’s new rail line to open next month Daily Telegraph 2 January 2015
  4. ^ South West Rail Link opens to customers in February 2015 Archived 2 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 2 January 2015
  5. ^ South West Rail Link Overview p.3 - Transport Construction Authority
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  11. ^ a b "T5: Cumberland line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  12. ^ "Interline route 859". Transport for NSW.
  13. ^ "Interline route 868". Transport for NSW.
  14. ^ "Interline route 869". Transport for NSW.
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