Leumeah railway station

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Leumeah
Station statistics
Address O'Sullivan Road, Leumeah
New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 34°03′03″S 150°49′49″E / 34.050928°S 150.830266°E / -34.050928; 150.830266Coordinates: 34°03′03″S 150°49′49″E / 34.050928°S 150.830266°E / -34.050928; 150.830266
Elevation 52.7 metres (173 ft)
Line(s) Main Southern line
Connections Bus
Train
Distance 52.63 km (32.70 mi) from Central
Structure type Ground
Platforms 2 (2 side)
Tracks 3
Other information
Accessible
Station code LUM
Owned by RailCorp
Operator Sydney Trains
Website http://www.sydneytrains.info/stations/station_details?stationId=60
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Macarthur
 T2
Airport Line
towards Central
Terminus
 T2
Inner West & South Line
towards Circular Quay
Terminus
 T5
Cumberland Line
towards Schofields

Leumeah is a railway station in the south-western suburbs of Sydney and is situated on the Main South Line. It is within the Campbelltown City Council LGA, serving Sydney Trains services on the Airport, Inner West & South and Cumberland lines. It has two side platforms, with an overhead pedestrian bridge. The station is the main access station for Campbelltown Stadium, home of the Wests Tigers Rugby League team and to the Wests Club.[1] It has been in use since 1886.[2] The Southern Sydney Freight Line passes by the western side of the station.

The station is located directly opposite the main Leumeah shopping centre and has street access to both platforms, connected by a footbridge with stairs and lifts. This allows the station to be classed as having Easy Access for wheelchairs, however the lifts are not open for the whole time that trains operate. As part of the construction work on the Southern Sydney Freight Line, the footbridge was extended and a third lift constructed. This construction was completed in April 2012.

Platforms and services

The station is served by four trains per hour (not evenly spaced) for most of the time, two each on the South and East Hills lines. There are additional trains during weekday peak hours. The Cumberland line operates only on weekdays.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 all stations and limited stops services to the City Circle via Granville or Revesby
all stations services to Schofields via Parramatta
2 all stations services to Campbelltown and Macarthur
all stations services to Campbelltown
Station layout
Simple layout of the station, accessibility options, station area locations and covered areas.

Transport links

Bus stop on the eastern side of the station serving Busways route 881 and Interline routes 870-872.

Busways runs two routes via Leumeah railway station:

  • 881 - between Leumeah North and Campbelltown
  • 879 - between Leumeah Station (from the western side) and Campbelltown Station via Woodbine (Harbord Road - North Steyne - Queenscliff Drive - North Steyne then to Blair Athol and Macarthur Square) Campbelltown

Interline runs three routes via Leumeah railway station:

NightRide runs one route via Leumeah railway station:

Gallery

  • Station exterior appearance as seen from the western side, prior to construction work

  • thumb|Station exterior appearance as seen from the western side, following construction work

  • Platform 1, looking north towards the city

  • Platform 2, looking north towards the city

  • Platform 2, looking south; note the white panels on platform 1, used during the station upgrade

  • Looking back towards the entrance area on platform 2

  • Passenger destination information board during pre-commission in 2010; note the former, now dismantled LED board in the background

  • Entrance on the east side of the station

  • Looking south from footbridge at night

  • Railway crossing warning, historic monument highlighting the change from a road crossing to presently, an overhead footbridge

  • During Southern Sydney Freight Line Construction

  • Third elevator shaft constructed in preparation for the footbridge extension, July 2011

  • Entrance on the west side of the station with third elevator under construction

  • Third elevator shaft with the footbridge base extended, November 2011

  • Footbridge, January 2012

  • The former western side entrance closed off for freight line construction, April 2012

  • Footbridge extension completed, new entrance via stairs on western side, April 2012

  • Information sign outlining features of the station upgrade

References

  1. ↑ "Campbelltown Sports Stadium". Campbelltown City Council. Retrieved 26 April 2007. 
  2. ↑ "Main South Line". Nswrail.net. Retrieved 26 April 2007. 

External links

Sydney Trains lines and stations
T2
Airport Line
T2
South Line
T5
Cumberland
NSW TrainLink Intercity lines and stations
NSW TrainLink Regional / Interstate lines and stations
  •   NSW TrainLink Southern
  •   NSW TrainLink Western
  •   NSW TrainLink North Coast
  •   NSW TrainLink North Western
(stations in italics are under planning or under construction)
Under construction or planning: South West Rail Link, North West Rail Link
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