Leightonfield railway station
Leightonfield | |||||||||||
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Eastbound view in November 2007 | |||||||||||
Location | Christine Road, Villawood | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°52′53″S 150°59′05″E / 33.881478°S 150.9848°ECoordinates: 33°52′53″S 150°59′05″E / 33.881478°S 150.9848°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Main South | ||||||||||
Distance | 23.67 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Station code | LHF | ||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 24 August 1942 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2018 | 570 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink) | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Leightonfield railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Villawood. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services.
History[]
Leightonfield station opened on 24 August 1942 to service the adjacent munitions factory. It was transferred from Federal to State Government ownership on 1 February 1962.[2][3]
To the south of the station lies the Southern Sydney Freight Line that opened in January 2013.
Platforms and services[]
Historically Leightonfield was served by services from the city and Lidcombe operating to Liverpool. This changed in the early 2000s, when most services to Liverpool were altered to operate via Bankstown. Today Leightonfield is served by T3 Bankstown line services terminating at Liverpool and three Liverpool - City via Strathfield services on weekdays.[4][5]
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | services to Central & the City Circle via Lidcombe | 2 services on weekdays | |
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services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown | |||
2 | services to Liverpool |
Transport links[]
Leightonfield station is served by one NightRide route:
- N50: Liverpool station to City (Town Hall)[6]
References[]
- ^ Transport Performance and Analytics (21 December 2018). "Train Station Entries and Exits 2016 to 2018". Train Station Entries and Exits Data. Open Data: Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Leightonfield Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Leightonfield Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links[]
Media related to Leightonfield railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Leightonfield station details Transport for New South Wales
- Railway stations in Sydney
- Railway stations in Australia opened in 1942
- Main Southern railway line, New South Wales
- City of Fairfield