Westmead railway station

Westmead

Station front in November 2007
Location Railway Parade, Westmead
Coordinates 33°48′31″S 150°59′17″E / 33.80853056°S 150.9879722°E / -33.80853056; 150.9879722Coordinates: 33°48′31″S 150°59′17″E / 33.80853056°S 150.9879722°E / -33.80853056; 150.9879722
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Western
Rogans Hill
Distance 25.16 kilometres from Central
Platforms 4 (2 island)
Tracks 4
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code WMD
Website Sydney Trains
History
Opened March 1883
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Emu Plains or Richmond
T1
Western Line
towards Central
towards Schofields
T5
Cumberland Line
towards Campbelltown
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Bathurst
Blue Mountains Line
towards Central

Westmead railway station is located on the Main Western line, serving the Sydney suburb of Westmead. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western Line and T5 Cumberland Line services and NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains Line services.

History

Eastbound view in November 2007

Westmead station opened in March 1883.[1] To the east of the station lies a dive through which one of the eastbound tracks passes. This was opened in 1986 as part of the quadruplication of the Main Western line between Westmead and Granville. It was necessary because west of Westmead the two westbound tracks run adjacent to one another as do the two eastbound tracks. East of Westmead, the lines are configured to run as West/East/West/East.[2]

Between 1922 and 1932, the Rogans Hill line branched from the Main Western line immediately to the west of Westmead station.[3]

Platforms & services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Berowra via Gordon [4]
services to Campbelltown[5]
2 services to Berowra via Gordon [4]
services to Campbelltown[5]
services to Central[6]
3 services to Richmond & Emu Plains [4]
services to Schofields[5]
services to Lithgow[6]
4 services to Richmond & Emu Plains [4]
services to Schofields[5]

Transport links

Hillsbus operate 10 routes via Westmead station:

Westmead station is served by two NightRide routes:[16]

The station will be the future terminus of the Parramatta Light Rail.[17]

Trackplan

Track layout

References

  1. ↑ Westmead Station NSWrail.net
  2. ↑ "Granville-Westmead Quadruplication" Railway Digest June 1985 page 165
  3. ↑ "Walking a Forgotten Railway:The Rogans Hill Line Revisited" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin Issue 727 May 1998
  4. 1 2 3 4 "T1: Western line timetable" (PDF). Sydney Trains. 20 October 2013 [amended January 2015].
  5. 1 2 3 4 "T5: Cumberland line timetable" (PDF). Sydney Trains. 20 October 2013 [amended January 2015].
  6. 1 2 "Blue Mountains line timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013 [amended January 2015].
  7. ↑ "Route 705 timetable". Hillsbus. 4 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Routes 708 and S8 timetable". Hillsbus. 27 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Route 711 timetable". Hillsbus. 1 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Route T60 timetable". Hillsbus. 20 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Route T61 timetable". Hillsbus. 29 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Route T62 timetable". Hillsbus. 20 October 2013.
  13. ↑ "Route T63 timetable". Hillsbus. 29 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "Route T64 timetable". Hillsbus. 29 June 2015.
  15. 1 2 "Routes T65 and T66 timetable". Hillsbus. 29 June 2015.
  16. ↑ NightRide bus services Transport Info NSW
  17. ↑ "Parramatta Light Rail preferred network". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

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