Warwick Farm railway station is located on the

Main South line The Main South Line, sometimes referred to as part of the South Island Main Trunk Railway, is a railway line that runs north and south from Lyttelton in New Zealand through Christchurch and along the east coast of the South Island to Inverca ...

, serving the

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

suburb of

Warwick Farm Warwick Farm is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Warwick Farm is located 30 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Sou ...

. It is served by

Sydney Trains Sydney Trains is the operator of the suburban passenger rail network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network is a hybrid urban- suburban rail system with a central underground core that covers over of track and 170 ...

T2 Inner West & Leppington, T3 Bankstown and T5 Cumberland line services.

History

The original Warwick Farm station opened on 18 March 1889 as a private platform for William Forrester near the former level crossing on the

Hume Highway Hume Highway, inclusive of the sections now known as Hume Freeway and Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route ...

. It was relocated to its present location in 1943 when nearby

Warwick Farm Racecourse Warwick Farm Racecourse is a racecourse at Warwick Farm, a south-west suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is used as a racecourse for Thoroughbred horse racing. The racecourse is owned and operated by the Australian Turf Club. Hist ...

was used as a military camp. Previously, a 1.6-kilometre branch line to the racecourse branched off from the

north of the station, and carried special racecourse trains on race days. The branch opened in June 1889, closed in August 1990 and was removed in December 1991. The

Southern Sydney Freight Line The Southern Sydney Freight Line (SSFL) is a freight only railway line in the south-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The line was built to segregate freight trains from the Sydney Trains network. It forms part of a dedicated freight only c ...

opened immediately to the east of the station in January 2013. As part of its construction, a footbridge with lifts and stairs was constructed. Previously, crossing the railway line required passengers to use the Hume Highway bridge. Platform 2 was very narrow and was widened during the works.

Platforms & services

Transport links

Transdev NSW Transdev NSW is a bus operator in the northern, southern and western suburbs of Sydney, Australia, operating on behalf of Transport for NSW. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia. It is a different subsidiary to Transdev John Holland, whi ...

operates one route via Warwick Farm station:- *904: Fairfield station to Liverpool station Warwick Farm station is served by one NightRide route: *N50: Liverpool station to Town Hall station

References

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Transport for New South Wales {{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, Inner West & Leppington=y, Bankstown=y, Cumberland=y, state=collapsed Easy Access railway stations in Sydney Railway stations in Sydney Railway stations in Australia opened in 1889 Railway stations in Australia opened in 1943 Main Southern railway line, New South Wales City of Liverpool (New South Wales)