Macarthur railway station is located on the

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, serving the

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suburb of Campbelltown. It is served by

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T8 Airport & South and

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Southern Highlands Line services. It is the southern extremity of the electrified Sydney Trains network.

History

In 1976, a plan was created to build a new station 488m in the southern direction of the existing Campbelltown railway station. The plan for a "new" Campbelltown station was dropped and the plan was modified to be an unmanned, new, station. The plan was later changed to be 1800m to its current location, being built to serve a shopping centre being built 500m away. The station was originally supposed to be named Ambarvale, after the suburb it is located, but this was later changed to Macarthur, the name of the region. Construction started in November 1983 with the station opening on 28 July 1985. It was initially only served by a few peak-hour services until a new timetable was introduced on 16 November 1986. The station initially consisted of two side platforms. Because suburban trains terminating on the main lines caused congestion to through trains, a side turnback platform was added in time for the

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. Under the CityRail Clearways Project, Macarthur received an upgrade. This work, completed in late 2010, included refurbishment of the station, a bus interchange, and a new carpark. In a proposed second stage, Macarthur was to receive a fourth platform for through trains heading south, however, the project was cancelled.Macarthur Turnback Project
Transport Construction Authority In January 2013, the Southern Sydney Freight Line opened to the west of the station. Electrification through the Macarthur station site was completed in 1968 as part of the

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- Glenlee electrification project. Electric passenger trains terminated at Campbelltown, but freight trains continued to Glenlee coal siding and loader (now in Mount Annan) so that electrically hauled coal trains could connect it and

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. The Glenlee coal loader has closed and electric trains are stopped at Macarthur, with the wires only extending a few hundred metres down the line.

Platforms and services

Transport links

Macarthur station is served by various bus routes with Busabout being the primary operator. The bus interchange is located on Menangle Road. *877: Campbelltown to Kearns via Eagle Vale & Eschol Park *879: Campbelltown to

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via Blair Athol *880: Campbelltown to Minto via Eagle Vale & Kearns *886: Campbelltown to

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*887: Campbelltown to

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via

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*888: Campbelltown to St Helens Park via Ambarvale &

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*889: Campbelltown to Menangle via Menangle Park *890: Campbelltown to Harrington Park via

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& Narellan *890C: Campbelltown to Camden via Narellan *891: Campbelltown to Mount Annan via Currans Hill *892: Campbelltown to Mount Annan via Narellan Vale *893: Campbelltown to Narellan via Elderslie &

Spring Farm Spring Farm is a suburb of the Macarthur Region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia in Camden Council. It is on the east side of the Nepean River. Until recently, it was mainly farmland with a winery, an electricity substation ...

*895: Campbelltown to Camden South via Camden *896: Campbelltown to Oran Park via Gregory Hills Macarthur Station is also served by one NightRide route: *NightRide route N30: Macarthur to Town Hall station

References

External links

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