Ashfield railway station, Sydney

Ashfield
Inner West Line
South Line
Station code	AFD
Suburb	Ashfield
Street(s)	Brown Street Station Street
Distance from Central Station	8.38 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops Suburban limited stops
Number of platforms	5
Number of tracks	7
Platform arrangement	2 Islands 1 Side
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	Yes
Transfers available	Train Bus
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

Ashfield railway station is a station located on the Main Suburban railway line of the CityRail network. It is located in the Sydney suburb of Ashfield and features five platforms (two city bound, two outward bound, and one used as a turnback to the city). It is currently serviced by the South Line, the Inner West Line, and up until 2001, the Western Line.

The station has Easy Access facilities accessed from the overhead pedestrian bridge, incorporating the booking office. Before completion of those facilities, the platforms were accessed from two pedestrian subways which incorporated separate booking offices. The western subway remains as a pedestrian thoroughfare. The station can be accessed via Brown Street (at the Hercules Street intersection) or via Station Street.

There is semi-secure cycle parking provided with racks available on both the northern and southern sides of the station. There is access to a number of cycle friendly routes to both the harbour and the city and to the south and west.

History

The station c1900

The station was opened on 26 September 1855, as part of the original Sydney to Parramatta railway line.

The Main Suburban Railway Line through Ashfield was quadruplicated in 1892, and sextuplicated in 1927 in association with electrification works.

Platforms and services

The station is served by four to eight trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Notes
		faces 'up suburban' tracks, trains pass without stopping	some ■South Line trains previously used this platform
		faces 'down suburban' tracks, trains pass without stopping	some ■South Line trains previously used this platform
	Inner West Line	all stations services to Central and the City Circle
	South Line	all stations and limited stop services to Central and the City Circle
	Inner West Line	terminating services, returning to all stations services to Central and the City Circle	turnback platform
	Inner West Line	all stations services to Strathfield, Lidcombe, Cabramatta and Liverpool via Regents Park
	South Line	all stations and limited stops services to Glenfield and Campbelltown via Granville

Bus services

Sydney Buses runs five routes via Ashfield station:

• Route 406 - between Five Dock and Hurlstone Park
• Route 462 - to Mortlake
• Route 464 - to Mortlake
• Route 466 - to Cabarita
• Route 491 - between Five Dock and Hurstville

NightRide runs the following routes via Ashfield station:

• Route N50 - between Liverpool and City (Town Hall)
• Route N60 - between Fairfield Station and City (Town Hall)
• Route N61 - between Carlingford Station and City (Town Hall)

Gallery

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  concourse

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  platforms

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  north entrance

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  Sign outside station

Trackplan

Track arrangement at Ashfield

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		CityRail		Following station
Croydon towards Campbelltown		South Line		Newtown towards Central
Croydon towards Liverpool		Inner West Line		Summer Hill towards Central

External links

• Ashfield Bicycle User Group web site.