Liverpool railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the

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suburb of

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in Australia. It is served by

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' T2 Leppington & Inner West Line, T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line and T5 Cumberland services. It was added to the

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on 2 April 1999.

History

The town (now suburb) of Liverpool on the

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was one of the earliest settlements of the colony of

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. The station opened on 26 September 1856 and was an early terminus of the

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. Immediately north of Liverpool station, a former branch line crossed the Georges River and entered the

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military base. The pylons for the bridge over the river have been reused to provide a pedestrian walkway. In 1929, the line from Central was electrified. Liverpool remained the terminating point for electric services until the wires were extended to Campbelltown in 1968. It was also a calling point for regional services until the 1990s. In 1965 one person was killed and three injured when a freight train collided with a stationary electric passenger train at Liverpool station. In 2000, the station underwent a major

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upgrade with the provision of passenger lifts to the platforms, a new passenger concourse, toilets and a refurbishment of the heritage building on platform 1."St Leonards and Liverpool Station Openings" ''

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'' April 2000 pages 10, 12 The

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passes to the east of the station. It opened in January 2013. Around the same time, a new platform for southbound services was constructed as part of the

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. Platform 4 opened in January 2014.Liverpool Turnback
Transport for New South Wales January 2014 Previously platform 2 was the main southbound platform with platform 3 used for turnbacks.

Platforms and services

The station has four platforms. Platforms 1 and 4 serve the Inner West & Leppington and Cumberland lines, and platforms 2 and 3 serve as a terminus for Inner West line trains via Regents Park.

Transport links

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operates 30 bus routes to and from Liverpool station:Liverpool Station
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*802: to Parramatta station *803: to

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*804: to Parramatta station *805: to Cabramatta station *806: to Parramatta station *808: to Fairfield station *819: to Prairiewood *823: to Warwick Farm *827: to Carnes Hill *851: to Carnes Hill *852: to Carnes Hill *853: to Carnes Hill *854: to Carnes Hill *855: to Austral *856: to

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*869: to Ingleburn *870: to Campbelltown Hospital *871: to Campbelltown Hospital *872: to Campbelltown Hospital *901: to

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*904: to Fairfield station *

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*T80: to Parramatta station Liverpool station is served by three NightRide routes: *N30: between Macarthur station and Town Hall station *N31: to Leppington station *N50: to Town Hall station

Heritage listing

Liverpool railway station was listed on the

on 2 April 1999. Although the station has been substantially altered, several heritage aspects remain, including the platform 1 station building, dating from 1880, the 1879

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and 1880 brick-faced platforms. Liverpool station building is a good example of a third class station building in the centre of a large scale redevelopment of the site. It indicates the change in technology and approach to railway construction. Liverpool goods shed is a rare brick structure on the State system which is substantially intact with platforms and jib crane. It is located in an historic town and is the last remnant of the early station and yard complex at the site. It is rare as one of the last two surviving brick goods sheds in the State.

References

Attribution

External links

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Liverpool Public Transport Map
Transport for NSW
Liverpool station details
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