Glenfield railway station, Sydney

Glenfield railway station is a junction station serving the Sydney suburb of Glenfield in Australia. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South, T2 Inner West & Leppington and T5 Cumberland line services, and by limited NSW TrainLink Southern Highlands Line services.

Glenfield
Station platforms, shelters and concourse, September 2018
General information
Location	Railway Parade, Glenfield
Coordinates	33°58′20″S 150°53′35″E
Elevation	23.2 metres
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Southern East Hills South West
Distance	30.5 km from Central
Platforms	4 (2 island)
Tracks	5
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	GFD
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	6 September 1869
Rebuilt	27 March 1891 June 2014
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023[1]	2,731,700 (year) 7,484 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Edmondson Park towards Leppington Inner West & Leppington Line Casula towards City Circle Cumberland Line Casula towards Richmond Macquarie Fields towards Macarthur Airport & South Line Holsworthy towards City Circle Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Campbelltown towards Moss Vale or Goulburn Southern Highlands Line Limited morning and evening services Central Terminus

Configuration

The station lies on the Main South railway line. Five hundred metres north of the station the East Hills line joins, while south of the station the South West Rail Link branches off.

Track layout
Legend
to Casula to Holsworthy East Hills railway line Southern Sydney Freight Line Main Southern railway line 1 2 3 4 South West Rail Link to Edmondson Park to Macquarie Fields

History

Platform 3 in 1968

New concourse in December 2012

The station opened on 6 September 1869, about ten years after the opening of the Main South line. The initial platform was located north of the current station, being relocated to its current position on 27 March 1891.^[3] Originally the station consisted of two side platforms.

A junction station

The role of Glenfield changed significantly with the opening of the East Hills to Glenfield extension of the East Hills line on 21 December 1987, which joins the Main South line just north of Glenfield station. The platform buildings were substantially redeveloped at this time.

An additional track was opened to the west of the station in 1995 as part of the Glenfield - Ingleburn passing loop.^[4] This unelectrified track was used by freight and long-distance passenger trains. In December 2012, the track was incorporated into the Southern Sydney Freight Line and became freight only.

In 1996, as part of the Y-link works at Granville which created the Cumberland line, Glenfield gained an extra platform (the current platform 1). Platform 1 was created as a side turnback for terminating trains via Liverpool by converting the existing side platform for Central-bound trains into an island platform.

A hub for South West Sydney

Glenfield is served by trains operating to and from the north, south, east and west

Glenfield station received further redevelopment and expansion as a result of the construction of the South West Rail Link to Leppington.^[5] Upgrades in the Glenfield area included the construction includes new car parks, a bus interchange, a new overhead concourse with lifts, a new platform and the replacement of a flat junction between the Main South and East Hills lines with a grade separated junction. A new temporary ticket office was constructed opposite the station in the Magee Lane car park. This served as the ticket office until the construction work at the station was completed. A temporary footbridge provided access to the station after the original eastern entrance was closed. In June 2014, once work was completed, the East Hills line flyover opened, platform 1 became a through platform and platform 4 was brought into service, creating two island platforms.

Construction of the line to Leppington commenced in the second quarter of 2010. This included a flyover just south of Glenfield to take the new line over the existing lines. The line opened on 8 February 2015.

From November 2017, all services from north of Glenfield operate to and from Leppington, with the line between Glenfield and Macarthur served exclusively by services operating via the T8 Airport/Sydenham Line. In recognition of the increased interchange at Glenfield, the works include a minor upgrade to the station that includes extended canopies and new service indicator screens.^[6]

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T8	services to Central & the City Circle via the Airport 6 weekday morning peak services to Central & the City Circle via Sydenham	[7]
	SHL	morning services to Central	1 weekday and 2 weekend services[8]
2	T2	services to Central & the City Circle via Granville and Liverpool	[9]
	T5	services to Blacktown, Schofields and Richmond	T5 Richmond services operates late at night and weekend early mornings.[10]
3	T2	services to Leppington	[9]
	T5	services to Leppington	[10]
4	T8	services to Macarthur 6 weekday evening peak services to Campbelltown	[7]
	SHL	1 evening service to Moss Vale 1 evening service to Goulburn	Pick up only on weekdays; the weekday service divides at Moss Vale[8]

Transport links

Transit Systems operates six bus routes via Glenfield station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 864: to Carnes Hill via Horningsea Park^[11]
• 867: to Prestons^[12]
• 868: to Edmondson Park railway station^[13]
• 870: Campbelltown Hospital to Liverpool station via Harrow Road^[14]
• 871: Campbelltown Hospital to Liverpool station via Leacock Lane^[15]
• 872: Campbelltown Hospital to Liverpool station via Eucalyptus Drive^[16]

Glenfield station is served by one NightRide route:

• N30: Macarthur station to Town Hall station^[17]

References

1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
3. Glenfield Station NSWrail.net
4. The Glenfield - Ingleburn Passing Loop Project Railway Digest August 1994
5. South West Rail Link Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
6. "More Trains, More Services for South Western Sydney" (PDF). Transport for NSW. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
7. "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.
8. "Southern Highlands line timetable". Transport for NSW.
9. "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
10. "T5: Cumberland line timetable". Transport for NSW.
11. "Interline route 864". Transport for NSW.
12. "Interline route 867". Transport for NSW.
13. "Interline route 868". Transport for NSW.
14. "Interline route 870". Transport for NSW.
15. "Interline route 871". Transport for NSW.
16. "Interline route 872". Transport for NSW.
17. "N30 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

External links

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