Campbelltown railway station

Campbelltown railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Campbelltown. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South line services and NSW TrainLink services to Moss Vale, Goulburn, Canberra, Griffith and Melbourne.

Campbelltown
Northbound view from Platform 3 in December 2012
General information
Location	Hurley Street, Campbelltown
Coordinates	34°03′49″S 150°48′52″E / 34.063659°S 150.814347°E / -34.063659; 150.814347
Elevation	67 metres (220 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main South
Distance	54.71 kilometres from Central^[1]
Platforms	4 (1 island, 1 side, 1 bay)
Tracks	5
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	CAM
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	17 May 1858
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2018	12,780 (daily)^[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Macarthur Terminus Airport & South Line Leumeah towards City Circle Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Macarthur towards Moss Vale or Goulburn Southern Highlands Line Terminus Southern Highlands Line Limited morning and evening services Glenfield towards Central Mittagong towards Griffith or Canberra NSW TrainLink Southern Line Griffith or Canberra Xplorer Sydney Terminus Moss Vale towards Melbourne NSW TrainLink Southern Line Melbourne XPT

History

 

Historical view of the station

Campbelltown Railway Station was briefly the southernmost extent of Great Southern Railway of New South Wales being situated at the end of the Liverpool to Campbelltown railway extension completed in 1858.

The station opened on 4 May 1858^[3] with services commencing 17 May 1858.^[4] Preparations for the opening of the railway station commenced after a 3pm meeting at the Court House on 12 March 1858.^[5] In the meantime, the railway was progressing towards completion with the Chief Commissioner, Chief Engineer, and railway officials having inspected the progress of station construction on 29 April 1858.^[6]

The opening included an afternoon banquet, "with every delicacy upon the table which the colony can produce will be held in the goods station (which has been placed at the disposal of the committee by the Commission).", an evening ball, "upon a scale which would do credit to a much larger town than we can boast of", a band placed on an elevated platform, and separate male and female areas with each area to be waited upon by a man-servant and female respectively.

The revised Great Southern Railway timetable for the opening of the railway listed seven down, and seven up, services; five passenger services, and two mixed services. The journey time from Sydney was 1 hour 45 minutes with 8 stops for a 34-mile journey length. Services from Campbelltown commenced at 6am and finished at 5:30pm.^[7] However, soon after opening, the travel time had become 2 hours with services commencing at 6:50am and finishing at 5:45pm and the loss of a goods/mixed service.^[8]

Between 1882 and 1963, it was the junction station for the Campbelltown-Camden line.^[9]

On 5 May 1968, the Main South line was electrified from Liverpool.^[10] It was the extremity of the Sydney suburban network until extended to Macarthur opened in July 1985. However many services still terminate at Campbelltown.

In June 1999, an upgrade to the station including lifts was complete. ^[11]

In January 2013, the Southern Sydney Freight Line opened on the western side of the station. The station is surrounded by an extensive network of sidings to stable terminating Sydney Trains rolling stock.

Since the second half of 2017, Campbelltown railway station has been served exclusively by the Airport and East Hills line, meaning commuters have to change at Glenfield to travel to either the city via Granville or to Blacktown via the Cumberland Line.^[12][13]

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T8	6 morning peak services to Central & the City Circle via Sydenham 4 terminating services from Central & the City Circle via Sydenham 2 terminating services from Central & the City Circle via the Airport	^[14]
2	T8	services to Central & the City Circle via Wolli Creek	^[15]
	SHL	morning services to Central (1 weekday, 2 weekend)	^[16]
	Southern Region	services to Central	Set down only^[17]
3	T8	services to Macarthur	^[15]
	SHL	1 evening service to Moss Vale 1 evening service to Goulburn	Pick up only on weekdays^[16]
	Southern Region	services to Canberra, Griffith & Melbourne	Pick up only^[17]
4	SHL	services to Moss Vale 1 weekday evening service to Goulburn	^[16]

Trackplan
Siding lengths not to scale
Legend
N↑ To Leumeah                                                                         Link to Campbelltown Yard (not shown)                                                                                                               Links to Campbelltown Yard (not shown)                                   S↓ To Macarthur

To the west of the station is Campbelltown Yard, a large rail yard where trains are parked overnight and during the off-peak. The Southern Sydney Freight Line (leased to Australian Rail Track Corporation) also runs through Campbelltown Station. It has no platforms (as it is a freight line) and passes to the west of Campbelltown Yard. There are also a number of sidings and refuges around Campbelltown. Some of these sidings, such as the perway siding and the goods siding (the two dead ends north of the station), are unelectrified, and rarely used. There are no signals permitting a movement into the perway siding (the northern one), so the catch points must be manually closed after receiving permission from the signaller. The other siding is connected to platform 4, a dock platform used by terminating Southern Highlands line trains. All platforms at Campbelltown are long enough for 8 car suburban trains, with the exception of platform 4, which is around 100m long, enough to fit 4 Endeavour cars.^[18]

Transport links

 

Bus stop bays on east side of station

Campbelltown Station Bus Interchange

Stand A: Busabout

• 890: to Harrington Park^[19]
• 890C: to Camden^[20]
• 891: to Mount Annan South, off-peak extension to Narellan^[21]
• 892: to Mount Annan^[22]
• 893: to Narellan^[23]
• 894: peak hours only to Bridgewater Estate^[24]
• 894X: peak hours only to Bridgewater Estate via Camden Bypass^[25]
• 895: to Camden South^[26]
• 896: to Oran Park Town Centre^[27]
• 897: to Smeaton Grange^[28]
• 898: peak hours only to Harrington Park, occasional extension to Catherine Field^[29]

Stand B: Busabout

• 886: to Glen Alpine^[30]
• 887: to Wollongong^[31]
• 888: to St Helens Park South^[32]
• 889: to Menangle^[33]

Stand C: Picton Buslines

• 900: to Picton^[34]

Stand D: Busabout

• 884: to Airds^[35]
• 884W: to Wedderburn^[36]
• 885: to Bradbury and St Helens Park North^[37]

Stand E: Busabout

• 878: to Eschol Park^[38]
• 879: to Leumeah^[39]
• 880: to Minto^[40]

Stand F: Busabout

• 881: to Leumeah North^[41]
• 882: to Leumeah South^[42]
• 883: to Ruse^[43]
• 883K: to Kentlyn^[44]

Stand G: Interline West side

• 840: to Campbelltown Hospital^[45]

Stand H: Interline West side

• 840: to Oran Park^[45]

Campbelltown station is served by one NightRide route:

• N30: Macarthur station to Town Hall station^[46]

References

1. https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/asa_standards/2023/ts-toc-3-v27.0_0.pdf
2. 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.
3. "CAMPBELLTOWN". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. "YESTERDAY'S SYDNEY NEWS". Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 18 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
5. "CAMPBELLTOWN". Empire. 13 March 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
6. "CAMPBELLTOWN". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
7. "GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY.—OPENING TO CAMPBELLTOWN". New South Wales Government Gazette. 18 May 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
8. "GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 1858. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
9. New South Wales Railways: Camden Line NSWrail.net
10. . Retrieved 11 December 2006.
11. https://www.cordellconnect.com.au/public/project/ProjectDetails.aspx?uid=338711
12. Barr, Eliza (27 February 2017). "Southwest Sydney train service to increase with new peak hour trains and north-south connection from Leppington to Parramatta and Blacktown". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
13. O'Sullivan, Matt (27 February 2017). "Decision on rail link to new Sydney airport 'many years off', Transport Minister Andrew Constance says". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
14. "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
15. "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.
16. "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
17. "Southern timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
18. DRIVERS ROUTE KNOWLEDGE DIAGRAMS - MAIN SOUTH LINE (PDF). Sydney Trains. 2020. pp. 29–30.
19. "Busabout route 890". Transport for NSW.
20. "Busabout route 890C". Transport for NSW.
21. "Busabout route 891". Transport for NSW.
22. "Busabout route 892". Transport for NSW.
23. "Busabout route 893". Transport for NSW.
24. "Busabout route 894". Transport for NSW.
25. "Busabout route 894X". Transport for NSW.
26. "Busabout route 895". Transport for NSW.
27. "Busabout route 896". Transport for NSW.
28. "Busabout route 897". Transport for NSW.
29. "Busabout route 898". Transport for NSW.
30. "Busabout route 886". Transport for NSW.
31. "Busabout route 887". Transport for NSW.
32. "Busabout route 888". Transport for NSW.
33. "Busabout route 889". Transport for NSW.
34. "Picton Buslines route 900". Transport for NSW.
35. "Busabout route 884". Transport for NSW.
36. "Busabout route 884W". Transport for NSW.
37. "Busabout route 885". Transport for NSW.
38. "Busabout route 878". Transport for NSW.
39. "Busabout route 879". Transport for NSW.
40. "Busabout route 880". Transport for NSW.
41. "Busabout route 881". Transport for NSW.
42. "Busabout route 882". Transport for NSW.
43. "Busabout route 883". Transport for NSW.
44. "Busabout route 883K". Transport for NSW.
45. "Interline route 840". Transport for NSW.
46. "N30 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

External links

•   Media related to Campbelltown railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Campbelltown station details Transport for New South Wales