Loftus railway station, Sydney

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Loftus
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
Station code LOF
Suburb Loftus
Street(s) Loftus Ave
Distance from Central Station 26.29 km
Altitude (above sea level)  ? m
Types of stopping trains Suburban all stations
Number of platforms 2
Number of tracks 2
Platform arrangement 2 Side
Type of station Ground
Ticket barriers No
Transfers available Bus
Disabled access Handicapped/disabled access Yes (Assisted)
Station facilities Link

Loftus is a railway station on the CityRail Illawarra line. Located in the Sydney suburb of Loftus, it serves a residential area. It has two side platforms.

Loftus was the former junction of the branch line to the Royal National Park which opened in 1886[1] and branched off immediately south of the station. The branch line closed in 1991. It has since been converted into a tram line and the connection to the Illawarra Line severed. The tram line operates from the Sydney Tramway Museum, which sits beside the railway station.

Contents

[edit] Platform/Service

The station is served by two trains per hour for most of the time, with additional trains at weekday peak hours.

Platform 1

Platform 2

[edit] Accessibility

The station has street access to both platforms, connected by an overbridge with ramps. This allows the station to classed as having partial Easy Access for wheelchairs.

[edit] Transport Links

Veolia Transport runs two routes via Loftus station:

[edit] Trackplan

Track arrangement at Loftus
Track arrangement at Loftus


[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station
(inbound)		 Line Following Station
(outbound)
Sutherland
Eastern Suburbs
& Illawarra Line
Engadine


Station Navigation
Illawarra (Royal National Park Branch) line
←Previous Station Sutherland | Royal National Park Next Station →
Closed Stations

[edit] Gallery

Loftus Railway Station platform 1

Loftus Railway Station platform 2

Loftus Railway Station signal box

Historical view from the 1940s

[edit] References

  1. ^ Royal National Park Line. Nswrail.net. Retrieved on 2 February 2007.


 
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