Macquarie Fields railway station explained

Macquarie Fields
Style:Sydney Trains
Address:Railway Parade, Macquarie Fields
Coordinates:-33.985°N 150.8785°W
Distance:33.80 kilometres from Central
Line:Main Southern
Other:Bus
Structure:Ground
Platform:2 side
Tracks:3
Opened:3 October 1888
Electrified:Yes
Accessible:No
Code:MQF
Owned:Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operator:Sydney Trains
Status:
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:

Staffed: 8am-4pm

Passengers:
  • 423,730 (year)
  • 1,161 (daily)[1]
Pass Year:2023[2]
Pass System:Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink
Web:Transport for NSW

Macquarie Fields railway station is located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Fields. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South line services.

History

Bumberry Junction

Bumberry Junction
Style:Australian closed station
Coordinates:-33.9875°N 150.8757°W
Platform:1 (formerly)
Tracks:1
Opened:27 March 1891
Closed:2 June 1892
Status:Demolished and closed

Bumberry Junction (likely a play on words based it being located at the bridge over Bunbury Curran creek) was a temporary location on the Main Southern Railway in New South Wales, Australia, between the future Ingleburn, and Macquarie Fields railway stations. It was built for the duplication effort of the line between Liverpool and Campbelltown. The station opened 27 March 1891.[3] [7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. Web site: Train Station Monthly Usage . Open Data . 26 January 2024.
  3. New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 47 : Saturday, 21 November 1891 to Friday, 27 November 1891. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/376008
  4. New South Wales Railways Working Timetable for Goods, Stock and Mineral Trains, Southern Division, starts Sunday, 2 August 1891. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/378266 With the occasional Special running such as "Cook's Special Cheap Excursions".[3]
  5. New South Wales Government Railways monthly notice no. 12 : December 1891. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/375898

    In August 1891, the station was receiving 4 down services and 4 up services.[3]

  6. Bulletin May 1968 No 367. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/332560 It did not appear in passenger timetables however it appeared in working timetables "for the use of officers and employees only".[3]
  7. New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 49 : Saturday, 5 December 1891 to Friday, 11 December 1891 | Australian Railway Historical Society (recollect.net.au)
  8. http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Macquarie+Fields Macquarie Fields Station
  9. "The Glenfield - Ingleburn Passing Loop Project" Railway Digest August 1994 pages 18-19
  10. http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/teenage-ghost-girl-haunts-commuters-at-macquarie-fields-railway-station/news-story/6b2b9fb22747a927024aab552d6992c6 ‘Teenage ghost girl’ haunts commuters at Macquarie Fields railway station (News.com.au)
  11. Web site: Southwest Sydney train service to increase with new peak hour trains and north-south connection from Leppington to Parramatta and Blacktown. The Daily Telegraph. Eliza. Barr. 27 February 2017. 27 February 2017.
  12. Web site: Decision on rail link to new Sydney airport 'many years off', Transport Minister Andrew Constance says. The Sydney Morning Herald. Matt. O'Sullivan. 27 February 2017. 27 February 2017.
  13. News: Macquarie Fields Station Upgrade . Government NSW.
  14. News: Macquarie Fields Station upgrade . 6 June 2024 . Government NSW.
  15. Bulletin May 1968 No 367. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/332560

    Macquarie Fields

    Macquarie Fields station opened on 3 October 1888.[8]

    An additional track was opened to the west of the station in 1995 as part of the Glenfield - Ingleburn passing loop.[9] This unelectrified track was used by freight and long-distance passenger trains. In December 2012, the track was incorporated into the Southern Sydney Freight Line and became freight only.

    It has been reported that a ghost of a teenage girl haunts the station, where screaming is often heard at night after train services have stopped. In July 1906, a woman named Emily Gengeson was reportedly run over and killed by a train.[10]

    Since the second half of 2017, Macquarie Fields railway station has been served exclusively by the Airport and East Hills line, meaning commuters have to change at Glenfield to travel to either the city via Granville or to Blacktown via the Cumberland Line.[11] [12]

    In 2024, it was announced that the station would be receiving a multi-million dollar upgrade and overhaul, improving accessibility,[13] commuter access and parking. Construction is expected to begin in late 2024 and be completed by 2026. [14]

    Transport links

    Transit Systems operates one bus route via Macquarie Fields station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

    • 876: to Eucalyptus Drive, peak extension to Long Point

    External links

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  16. New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 14 : Saturday, 2 April 1892 to Friday, 8 April 1892. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/376027

    The station was decommissioned 2 June 1892 with the completion of the bridge across Bunbury Curran Creek.[8]

  17. New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 05 : Saturday, 30 January 1892 to Friday, 5 February 1892. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/376018The station had access to the railway telegraph network until 4 April 1892.[8]