Lewisham railway station, Sydney

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Lewisham
Inner West Line
Station code	LWI
Suburb	Lewisham
Street(s)	Cnr Victoria St & Railway Tce
Distance from Central Station	6.25 km
Station Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	6
Platform arrangement	2 Side
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	?
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	No
Station facilities	Link

Lewisham railway station is on the Inner West Line CityRail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the suburb of Lewisham. It receives 4 services an hour on weekdays and 2 on weekends. The Inner West line uses the two southernmost ('local') tracks of the six tracks of the lines passing through the station. Lewisham has two side platforms, with the 'Up' platform face fenced off against the 'Down Suburban' line used by non-stop trains.

Contents 1 History 2 Platforms/Service 3 Gallery 4 Trackplan 5 Neighbouring stations 6 External links 7 References

[edit] History

Lewisham station opened in 1886^[1]. The Main Suburban Railway Line through Lewisham was quadruplicated in 1892^[2], and an island platform with two side platforms was built to serve both 'fast' and 'slow' pairs of tracks. The line was sextuplicated through Lewisham in 1927 in association with electrification works^[3] and the island platform serving the old 'fast' pair of tracks (to become the 'Up' and 'Down Suburban' tracks) was trimmed into a side platform to allow the provision of the new 'Up and Down Main' lines.

[edit] Platforms/Service

Platform 1:

• Inner West Line - all stations services to Central and the City Circle (clockwise).

Platform 2:

• Inner West Line - all stations services to Lidcombe and Liverpool (Lidcombe trains proceeding via the Bankstown Line.)

[edit] Gallery

Lewisham Railway Station platform 1

[edit] Trackplan

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Petersham	Inner West Line	Summer Hill

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -33.89342° 151.14762°

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

[edit] References

1. ^ Main South Line. Nswrail.net.
2. ^ Australian Railway History, Vol 56, No. 810, April 2005
3. ^ Sydney Electric Trains from 1926-1960, Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, April 2001