Cabramatta railway station
Cabramatta | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Northbound view of the station in April 2008, prior to the Southern Sydney Freight Line being added to the right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Railway Parade, Cabramatta Sydney, New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°53′42″S 150°56′20″E / 33.8949°S 150.9388°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 20 metres (66 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Manager of NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Main Southern | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 31.98 km (19.87 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | CAB | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1870 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes (from 1930) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025[2] |
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| Rank | 41[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cabramatta railway station is a suburban railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Leppington & Inner West Line, T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line and T5 Cumberland Line services.
History
Cabramatta station opened in 1870 on the Granville to Liverpool section of the Main South line.[4] On 8 October 1924, Cabramatta line became a junction station when another branch of the Main Southern line opened from Sefton, joining the existing line just north of the station.
In April 1996, the junction was upgraded from a low speed one with an 80 km/h (49.7 mph) speed limit. To make the higher speeds possible, the track centres have been widened from 4 m (13.12 ft) at the platforms to about 12 m (39.37 ft) at the diamond crossing at the heart of the junction. Longer points were installed.[5]
The station received lifts as part of an easy access upgrade in 2004.[6]
As part of the Southern Sydney Freight Line project, a third line was built behind the eastern side of the station. Due to limited space, an overhead concourse was constructed to replace a building on platform 2. The new concourse opened in 2011, the line in December 2013.[7][8][9]
Services
Platforms
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Central & the City Circle via Granville | ||
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| services to Central & the City Circle via Regents Park | |||
| services to Blacktown, Schofields and Richmond | |||
| 2 | services to Leppington | ||
| services to Liverpool | |||
| services to Leppington weekend services to Liverpool |
Transport links
Transit Systems operates one bus route via Cabramatta station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
Transit Systems operates five bus routes via Cabramatta station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 805: to Liverpool station[11]
- 807: to Cecil Park[12]
- 815: to Mount Pritchard[13]
- 816: to Greenfield Park[14]
- 817: to Fairfield station[15]
Cabramatta station is served by one NightRide route:
Trackplan
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References
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ This ranking includes all Sydney Trains, Sydney Metro, and Intercity stations. Stations with less than 50 passengers a month are not ranked.
- ^ Cabramatta Station NSWrail.net
- ^ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest May 1996 page 41
- ^ "Submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales" (PDF). www.ipart.nsw.gov.au. May 2003. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ Cabramatta Station Upgrade Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Gartner Rose
- ^ We wanted to make sure we got it right': new rail line opens ... three years late Sydney Morning Herald 21 January 2013
- ^ New Line to Reduce Congestion on Sydney Rail Network Opens Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Australian Rail Track Corporation 21 January 2013
- ^ "Transdev NSW route S1". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 805". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 807". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 815". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 816". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transit Systems route 817". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links
- Media related to Cabramatta railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Cabramatta station details Transport for New South Wales
- Cabramatta Station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW