Loftus railway station is located on the
Illawarra line, serving the
Sydney suburb of
Loftus. It is served by
Sydney Trains
Sydney Trains is the operator of the suburban passenger Railways in Sydney, rail network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Railways in Sydney, network is a hybrid urban rail, urban-suburban rail system with a central un ...
T4 line services and limited
NSW TrainLink South Coast line
The South Coast Line is an intercity rail service operated by NSW TrainLink that services the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The service runs from , and runs the entire length of the eponymous South Coast railway line to . ...
services.
History
Loftus station opened on 9 March 1886 as Loftus Junction when the
Illawarra line was extended from
Sutherland
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to
Waterfall
A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in severa ...
. Until September 1896, it was called Loftus Junction. It was rebuilt in 1979 as part of the extension of the electrification from Loftus Junction to Waterfall.
From 1886 until 1991, Loftus was the former junction of the branch line to the
Royal National Park
The Royal National Park is a protected national park that is located in Sutherland Shire in the Australian state of New South Wales, just south of Sydney.
The national park is about south of the Sydney central business district near the l ...
which branched off immediately south of the station.
Platforms and services
Transport links
Transdev NSW operates two routes via Loftus station:
*991:
Sutherland station to
Heathcote
*993:
Westfield Miranda to
Woronora Heights
See also
*
Loftus Junction railway signal box
References
External links
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Loftus station detailsTransport for New South Wales
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Railway stations in Sydney
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1886
Illawarra railway line
Sutherland Shire