Ashfield railway station, Sydney

Ashfield railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Suburban line, serving the suburb of Ashfield, in Sydney, Australia. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Leppington & Inner West Line and T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.

Ashfield
The station's southern entrance, building and concourse, August 2017
General information
Location	Brown Street, Ashfield
Coordinates	33°53′15″S 151°07′32″E
Elevation	31 metres (102 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Suburban
Distance	8.38 kilometres (5 mi) from Central
Platforms	5 (1 side, 2 island)
Tracks	7
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 24/7 Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 24/7
Station code	AFD
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	26 September 1855
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023[1]	5,721,860 (year) 16,676 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Croydon towards Parramatta or Leppington Leppington & Inner West Line Summer Hill towards City Circle Burwood towards Leppington Leppington & Inner West Line Express Newtown towards City Circle Croydon towards Liverpool Liverpool & Inner West Line Summer Hill towards City Circle Burwood towards Liverpool Liverpool & Inner West Line Express (Weekdays only) Newtown towards City Circle      North Shore & Western Line does not stop here      Northern Line does not stop here
Location Ashfield Location in New South Wales Show map of New South Wales Ashfield Location in Australia Show map of Australia

History

Ashfield station opened on 26 September 1855 as part of the original Sydney to Parramatta line.^[3][4][5]

In 2002, the station was largely rebuilt with a new concrete aerial concourse and most of the platform buildings were demolished.^[5] Before completion of those facilities, the platforms were accessed from two pedestrian subways which incorporated separate booking offices. The western subway remains as a pedestrian thoroughfare.

In May 2018 Ashfield became the first station in New South Wales to have the OpalPay Park & Ride facility installed.^[6]

Platforms and services

The station has five platforms (two city bound, two outward bound, and one used as a turnback to the city).

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1		not in regular use
2		not in regular use
3	T2	services to Central & the City Circle	[7]
	T3	services to Central & the City Circle	[8]
4	T2	terminating services to & from Central & the City Circle	[7]
5	T2	services to Homebush, Leppington & Parramatta	[7]
	T3	services to Liverpool via Regents Park	[8]

Transport links

Transit Systems operates three bus routes via Ashfield station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 406: Five Dock to Hurlstone Park^[9]
• 464: to Mortlake via Croydon Park, Burwood and Concord^[10]
• 491: Five Dock to Hurstville^[11] via Canterbury

Ashfield station is served by three NightRide routes:

• N50: Liverpool station to Town Hall station^[12]
• N60: Fairfield station to Town Hall station^[13]
• N61: Carlingford station to Town Hall station^[14]

Trackplan

Track arrangement at Ashfield

Gallery

• 
  The station c. 1900
• 
  Westbound view, 2021