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Waterfall railway station is located on the
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, serving the
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suburb of
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. It is served by
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T4 Illawarra line services and
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services.


History

The station opened on 9 March 1886 as Waterfalls, being renamed later in the year. It served as the line's terminus until it was extended to
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in 1887. When the line was duplicated from
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on 12 December 1890, the station was relocated northwards. In 1897 a locomotive depot opened.Waterfall Railway Residences & Yard
NSW Environment
On 4 May 1905 the station moved 600 metres north to its present location. On 20 December 1994, a shunting accident involving two empty S sets saw one train jack-knife onto the platform, demolishing the concrete pedestrian bridge. The original weatherboard building was demolished in 1995 and replaced by a rendered brick building. South of Waterfall railway station is the site of the
Waterfall train disaster The Waterfall rail accident was a train accident that occurred on 31 January 2003 near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia. The train derailed, killing seven people aboard, including the train driver. The accident is famously remembered by ...
, a rail accident that claimed the lives of the driver and six passengers on 31 January 2003. Work commenced in late 2013 to make the station fully wheelchair accessible.Waterfall station upgrade
Transport for NSW Retrieved 13 July 2015


Sidings

Waterfall has sidings for staging freight trains in either direction and a bypass track for goods trains on either side of the platforms. There are also three sidings for the stabling of suburban electric trains to the east of the station. If both platforms at Waterfall station are occupied, then trains that do not stop at Waterfall will also pass by on the bypass tracks.


Platforms & services


Trackplan


References


Further reading

"Waterfall and its Three Stations" ''
Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin ''Australian Railway History'' is a monthly magazine covering railway history in Australia, published by the New South Wales Division of the Australian Railway Historical Society on behalf of its state and territory Divisions.Waterfall station details
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