Emu Plains railway station

Emu Plains

Westbound view in February 2007

Location

Station Street, Emu Plains
Australia

Coordinates

33°44′44″S 150°40′20″E / 33.745595°S 150.67212°ECoordinates: 33°44′44″S 150°40′20″E / 33.745595°S 150.67212°E

Elevation

28m

Owned by

RailCorp

Operated by

Sydney Trains

Line(s)

Main Western

Distance

57.44 kilometres from Central

Platforms

2 side

Tracks

Connections

Bus

Construction

Structure type

Ground

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Status

Staffed

Station code

EPS

Website

Sydney Trains

History

Opened

18 August 1868

Rebuilt

1884

Electrified

Yes

Services

Preceding station		Sydney Trains	Following station
Terminus	T1 Western Line		Penrith towards Central
Preceding station		NSW TrainLink	Following station
Lapstone towards Bathurst	Blue Mountains Line		Penrith towards Central

Emu Plains railway station is located on the Main Western line, serving the Sydney suburb of Emu Plains. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western line services and NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains line services.

History

Emu Plains station opened on 18 August 1868. It was relocated to its current site in 1884.^[1] In 1907, a second platform was added when the Main Western line was duplicated.^[2]

Emu Plains is the western extremity of the Sydney Trains network with points at the eastern end of the station allowing services to terminate at either platform.

Emu Plains Station Building

Platforms & services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T1	terminating services to & from services to Hornsby via Gordon terminating services to Hornsby via Macquarie Park	^[3]
1	Blue Mountains Line	services to Central	^[4]
2	T1	terminating services to & from Hornsby via Gordon terminating services to Hornsby via Macquarie Park	^[3]
2	Blue Mountains Line	services to Springwood, Katoomba, Mount Victoria & Lithgow	^[4]

Transport links

Blue Mountains Transit operates four routes via Emu Plains station, although route 691 does not stop outside the station:-^[5]

688: Emu Heights to Penrith station
689: Leonay to Penrith station
1688: Penrith to Leonay and Emu Heights - Evening and weekend loop service
691: Mount Riverview to Penrith station - passengers must join/alight at the Great Western Highway

References

↑ Emu Plains Station NSWrail.net
↑ Emu Plains Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
1 2 "T1: Western line timetable" (PDF). Sydney Trains. 20 October 2013 [amended January 2015].
1 2 "Blue Mountains line timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 20 October 2013 [amended January 2015].
↑ "Lower Mountains timetables" (PDF). Blue Mountains Transit. 22 June 2015.

External links

Media related to Penrith railway station at Wikimedia Commons
Emu Plains station details Sydney Trains

New South Wales railway stations

Sydney Trains lines and stations

T1 Western Line	Central Redfern Burwood Strathfield Lidcombe Auburn Clyde Granville Harris Park Parramatta Westmead Wentworthville Pendle Hill Toongabbie Seven Hills Blacktown Doonside Rooty Hill Mount Druitt St Marys Werrington Kingswood Penrith Emu Plains Marayong Quakers Hill Schofields Riverstone Vineyard Mulgrave Windsor Clarendon East Richmond Richmond

NSW TrainLink Intercity lines and stations

Blue Mountains Line	North Sydney Milsons Point Wynyard Town Hall Central Redfern Strathfield Granville Parramatta Westmead Blacktown Penrith Emu Plains Lapstone Glenbrook Blaxland Warrimoo Valley Heights Springwood Faulconbridge Linden Woodford Hazelbrook Lawson Bullaburra Wentworth Falls Leura Katoomba Medlow Bath Blackheath Mount Victoria Bell Zig Zag Lithgow Bathurst

NSW TrainLink Regional / Interstate lines and stations

(stations in italics are under planning or under construction)

Under construction: Sydney Metro Northwest

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.