Loftus railway station is located on the
Illawarra line, serving the
Sydney
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suburb of
Loftus. 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 ...
T4 line services and limited
NSW TrainLink
NSW TrainLink is a train and coach operator in Australia, providing services throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, along with limited interstate services into Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Queensland and South Austral ...
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 . T ...
services.
History
Loftus station opened on 9 March 1886 as Loftus Junction when the
Illawarra line was extended from
Sutherland
Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later c ...
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 several ...
. 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 loca ...
which branched off immediately south of the station.
Platforms and services
Transport links
Transdev NSW
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operates two routes via Loftus station:
*991:
Sutherland station to
Heathcote
*993:
Westfield Miranda
Westfield Miranda (previously known as Miranda Fair) is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Miranda in Sutherland Shire of Sydney.
Transport
The Cronulla line offers frequent services to Miranda Station located outside the centre.
We ...
to
Woronora Heights
Woronora Heights is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woronora Heights is located 29 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. Woronor ...
See also
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Loftus Junction railway signal box
The Loftus Junction railway signal box is a heritage-listed disused railway signal box on the Illawarra line at Loftus in the Sutherland Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built during 1886. The property is own ...
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