Revesby railway station

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Revesby
File:Revesby Railway Station southern entrance broad.jpg
Station from south in December 2012
Location Blamey Street, Revesby
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Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) East Hills
Distance 20.96 kilometres from Central
Platforms 4 (2 island)
Tracks 4
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code RSY
Website Sydney Trains
History
Opened 21 December 1931
Rebuilt April 2013
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Macarthur
T2
Airport Line
towards Circular Quay

Revesby railway station is located on the East Hills line, serving the Sydney suburb of Revesby. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Airport line services.

History

File:Revesby Railway Station 1.JPG
Eastbound view of Platform 1 in April 2007
Eastbound view in January 2009 from new Platform 3, before the addition of Platform 4 to the right

Revesby station opened on 21 December 1931 when the line was extended from Kingsgrove to East Hills. In 1956 a crossing loop was opened.[1][2]

On 9 December 1985, the line from Revesby to East Hills was duplicated with a new track laid to the north of the existing one.[3] The line from Kingsgrove to Revesby was duplicated around the same time.[4]

The Rail Clearways Program saw the station's role change significantly, with plans to considerably boost capacity of the East Hills line by creating two centre turnbacks at the station to replace a side turnback at East Hills, and quadruplicating the line from Kingsgrove to Revesby.

In 2006, construction commenced on a second island platform and a replacement footbridge. Platform 3 opened in December 2008, as the main platform to the west. The existing Platform 2 became a centre turnback with only a few services initially using the facility.[5] In October 2009, a new timetable was introduced, and Revesby replaced East Hills as the major intermediate terminus.

In April 2013, as part of the quadruplication of the line from Kingsgrove to Revesby, Platform 4 opened.[6]

Platforms & services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
services to Central & the City Circle via the Airport
morning peak services to Central & the City Circle via Sydenham
[7]
2
terminating services to & from Central & the City Circle via the Airport [7]
3
services to Campbelltown & Macarthur [7]
4
services to Campbelltown & Macarthur [7]

Transport links

Transdev NSW operate four routes via Revesby station:

Revesby station is served by one NightRide route:[11]

Trackplan

File:Revesby trackplan stage 2.png
Track layout after completion of Platform 4

References

  1. Revesby Station NSWrail.net
  2. Revesby Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  3. "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest April 1986 page 119
  4. "The East Hills to Glenfield Line" Railway Digest August 1986 pages 234-235
  5. Airport & East Hills Line timetable changes CityRail December 2008
  6. Kingsgrove to Revesby Quadruplication Project Profile Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
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  11. NightRide bus services Transport Info NSW

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