Liverpool railway station

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Liverpool
South Line
Cumberland Line
Bankstown Line
Inner West Line
Station code LPO
Suburb Liverpool
Street(s) Bigge Street
Distance from Central Station 35.68 km
Altitude (above sea level) ? m
Types of stopping trains Suburban all stations
Suburban limited stops
Number of platforms 3
Number of tracks 4
Platform arrangement 1 Island
1 Side
Type of station Ground
Ticket barriers Yes
Transfers available Bus
Train
Disabled access Handicapped/disabled access Yes
Station facilities Link

Liverpool railway station is a railway station in the south-western suburbs of Sydney and is situated on the Main South Line. It is served by Cityrail trains of the South, Cumberland, Bankstown and Inner West lines.[1] The station serves the employment and commercial centre of Liverpool, as well as Liverpool Hospital. It is a busy intermediate terminus and transport interchange hub.

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[edit] History

The town (now suburb) of Liverpool on the Georges River is one of the earliest settlements of the colony of New South Wales. The station opened in 1856 and was an early terminus of the Main South line.[2] Immediately north of Liverpool station, a former branch line crossed the Georges River and entered the Holsworthy military base. The pylons for the bridge over the river have been reused to provide a pedestrian walkway. In 1965, one person was killed and three were injured when a freight train collided with a stationary electric passenger train at Liverpool station.[3]

In 2000, the station underwent a major 'easy access' upgrade with the provision of passenger lifts to the platforms, a new passenger concourse, toilets and a refurbishment of the heritage building on platform 1.[4]

The Southern Sydney Freight Line will pass to the east of the station.

[edit] Platforms and services

View from Newbridge Road
Bus Interchange as seen from the concourse

The station has three platforms. Platforms 1 and 2 serve the South and Cumberland lines, and platform 3 serves as a terminus for some Bankstown and Inner West line trains. A fourth platform is under construction as part of the Rail Clearways Project.[5] This will shift the Down track from platform 2 to the new platform, with platforms 2 and 3 becoming centre turnbacks.

This station is serviced by four to six trains per hour each way, two to four on the South line and two on the Bankstown line, with additional trains during weekday peak hours. Cumberland Line trains operate only on weekday peak hours. During off-peak hours two of these four South line train services towards Campbelltown terminate at Glenfield.

Platform Line Stopping Pattern Notes
CR Plat 1.png
 South Line all stations and limited stops services to Central and the City Circle via Granville
Cumberland Line all stations services to Blacktown via Parramatta one weekday morning peak services continues west to Quakers Hill
CR Plat 2.png
 South Line all stations and limited stops services to Glenfield and Campbelltown
Cumberland Line all stations services to Campbelltown one weekday afternoon peak services starts from Quakers Hill
CR Plat 3.png
 Bankstown Line all stations and limited stops services to the City Circle via Bankstown Services terminate or depart from platforms 1 or 2 if platform 3 is already in use
Inner West Line all stations and limited stops services to the City Circle via Lidcombe Services terminate or depart from platforms 1 or 2 if platform 3 is already in use

[edit] Bus services

Bus interchange area

Liverpool railway station has a busy bus station attached to it. This acts as a hub for buses serving the local area, and also as the terminus of the Liverpool to Parramatta T-Way which provides bus services to Parramatta operating mostly on a dedicated bus roadway.

Liverpool Bus Interchange

Westbus:

Metro-link:

Busabout:

Interline:

Veolia Transport:

T-way:

NightRide:

Metrobus operated by Veolia Transport:

[edit] Gallery

  • Entrance

  • Original building

  • View from east

  • View from northern end of platform 1

  • end of Platform 2/3

  • Construction of Holsworthy line bridge over the Georges River

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding station   CityRail   Following station
towards Campbelltown
 South Line
towards Central
towards Campbelltown
 Cumberland Line
towards Blacktown
Terminus Bankstown Line
towards Central
Terminus Inner West Line
towards Central

[edit] See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Liverpool railway station, Sydney

[edit] References

  1. ^ "CityRail Timetables". CityRail. http://www.cityrail.info/timetable/index.jsp. Retrieved 22 April 2007. .
  2. ^ "Main South Line". Nswrail.net. http://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.php?name=NSW:main_south. Retrieved 26 April 2007. 
  3. ^ "Liverpool, NSW: Train Crash". Emergency Management Australia. http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/54273a46a9c753b3ca256d0900180220/62c09a021342f308ca256d3300058214?OpenDocument. Retrieved 30 December 2006. 
  4. ^ Newsline, Railway Digest April 2000. ARHS NSW Division.
  5. ^ "Liverpool Fourth Platform Project". TIDC. Archived from the original on 28 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070828225313/http://raillink.nsw.gov.au/SectionIndex.aspx?PageID=518. Retrieved 26 April 2007. 
CityRail Stations
Bankstown Line
Inner West Line
South Line
Cumberland
(stations in italics are under planning or under construction)
CityRail Lines
Suburban
Interurban and regional
Under construction or planning: South West Rail Link, North West Rail Link

Coordinates: 33°55′30″S 150°55′38″E / 33.92495278°S 150.9271556°E / -33.92495278; 150.9271556

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