Liverpool railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the

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, serving the

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suburb of

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in Australia. It is served by

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T2 Inner West & Leppington, T3 Bankstown and T5 Cumberland services. It was added to the

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on 2 April 1999.

History

The town (now suburb) of Liverpool on the

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was one of the earliest settlements of the colony of

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. The station opened on 26 September 1856 and was an early terminus of the

. Immediately north of Liverpool station, a former branch line crossed the Georges River and entered the

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military base. The pylons for the bridge over the river have been reused to provide a pedestrian walkway. (1)Liverpool Station1

In 1929, the line from

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was electrified. Liverpool remained the terminating point for electric services until the wires were extended to Campbelltown in 1968. It was also a calling point for regional services until the 1990s. In 1965 one person was killed and three injured when a freight train collided with a stationary electric passenger train at Liverpool station. In 2000, the station underwent a major

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upgrade with the provision of passenger lifts to the platforms, a new passenger concourse, toilets and a refurbishment of the heritage building on platform 1."St Leonards and Liverpool Station Openings" ''

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'' April 2000 pages 10, 12 The

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passes to the east of the station. It opened in January 2013. Around the same time, a new platform for southbound services was constructed as part of the

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. Platform 4 opened in January 2014. Previously platform 2 was the main southbound platform with platform 3 used for turnbacks.

Platforms and services

The station has four platforms. Platforms 1 and 4 serve the Inner West & Leppington and Cumberland lines, and platforms 2 and 3 serve as a terminus for Bankstown line trains.

Transport links

Liverpool railway station has a busy bus station opened in 2000 attached to it. Local bus services are operated by Interline,

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. Stand A *Arrivals Only Stand B *T-Way route T80: To

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via T-way Stand C *802: To Parramatta via Green Valley *803: To

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*853: To Carnes Hill via Hoxton Park Road *854: To Carnes Hill via Greenway Drive & Hoxton Park Road *855: To Rutleigh Park via Austral & Leppington Station *856: To

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*869: To Ingleburn via Edmondson Park & Prestons Stand D *851: To Carnes Hill Marketplace via Cowpasture Road *852: To Carnes Hill Marketplace via Greenway Drive & Cowpasture Road *857: To

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*865: To

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via Lurnea Shops *866: To Casula *870: To Campbelltown *871: To Campbelltown via Glenfield *872: To Campbelltown via

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*804: To Parramatta via Hinchinbrook *805: To

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via Bonnyrigg Heights *806: To Parramatta via

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*808: To Fairfield via Abbotsbury *819: To

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*827: To Carnes Hill Marketplace via Bonnyrigg Heights Stand G *901: To

via Wattle Grove *902: To Holsworthy via

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*904: To Fairfield *M90: To Burwood *NightRide route N30: Macarthur to City Town Hall *NightRide route N30: City Town Hall to Macarthur *NightRide route N31: To

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*NightRide route N50: To City Town Hall It is also a calling point for some

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services to and from

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Heritage listing

Liverpool railway station was listed on the

on 2 April 1999. Although the station has been substantially altered, several heritage aspects remain, including the platform 1 station building, dating from 1880, the 1879

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and 1880 brick-faced platforms. Liverpool station building is a good example of a third class station building in the centre of a large scale redevelopment of the site. It indicates the change in technology and approach to railway construction. Liverpool goods shed is a rare brick structure on the State system which is substantially intact with platforms and jib crane. It is located in an historic town and is the last remnant of the early station and yard complex at the site. It is rare as one of the last two surviving brick goods sheds in the State.

References

Attribution

External links

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Liverpool Public Transport Map
Transport for NSW
Liverpool station details
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