Padstow railway station, Sydney
Padstow | |||||||||||
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 Station building and entrance, May 2007 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Howard Road, Padstow | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°57′07″S 151°01′56″E / 33.9518889°S 151.032325°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | East Hills | ||||||||||
| Distance | 19.34 kilometres (12.02 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am to 7pm
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| Station code | PDW | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 December 1931 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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Padstow railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the East Hills line, serving the Sydney suburb of Padstow. It is served by Sydney Trains' T8 Airport & South Line services.
History
Padstow station opened on 21 December 1931 when the line was extended from Kingsgrove to East Hills.[3][4]
On 5 May 1986, the line was duplicated from Riverwood with a new track laid to the north of the existing one.[5] The line from Padstow to Revesby was duplicated around the same time.[6]
In 2002, the station was upgraded and given a new concourse and lift.[7]
In 2013, as part of the quadruplication of the line from Kingsgrove to Revesby, through lines were added on either side of the existing pair.[8]
Platforms and services
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Central & the City Circle via the Airport | [9] | |
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| 2 | services to Revesby early morning & late night services to Macarthur 2 weekday evening peak services to Campbelltown |
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Gallery
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Padstow station facing west in July 2025 -
References
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Padstow Station Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
- ^ Padstow Railway Station Group Archived 7 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ "Riverwood-Padstow" Railway Digest July 1986 page 214
- ^ "The East Hills to Glenfield Line" Railway Digest August 1986 pages 234-235
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Kingsgrove to Revesby Quadruplication Project Profile Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
- ^ a b "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.
External links
Media related to Padstow railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Padstow Station details Transport for New South Wales