Campsie railway station

Campsie railway station is a station on the T3 Bankstown Line of the Sydney Trains network, located in the Canterbury-Bankstown area. Station entry is accessed through an overpass on Beamish Street.

Campsie is staffed 24 hours everyday.

History
Campsie station opened on 1 February 1895 when the Bankstown line opened from Sydenham to Belmore.

In 1915, the station was remodelled when the Metropolitan Goods Line was built to the north of the existing lines. Platforms were provided that were used by railway workers' trains to Enfield South, Delec and Hope Street. These services ceased in 1996. These shorter platforms remain in situ, however with the Metropolitan Goods Line not connected to the Sydney Trains network, are not used.

In 2001, a new booking office was opened on the footbridge.

Services
Tickets: Before paper tickets were phased out, Campsie had two full size touchscreen TVMs (ticket vending machines), with one EFTPOS only TVM. There were also two ticket windows, however both are not in use. It currently has two card only Opal topup machines, one of which is a phase 2 machine that can issue single tickets.

Trains: The station is served by frequent Bankstown line trains. Typically, it is served by 8tph (trains per hour) in the peak direction during peak times, 6tph during offpeak times and 4tph on weekends. Most express trains stop at Campsie, however 2tph in the morning peak skip Campsie.

There are also frequent freight trains passing through Campsie on the Metropolitan Freight Line.

Infrastructure
Platforms & Concourse

There are 4 platforms at Campsie. Two are for the Metropolitan Goods line, the northern side platform and northern face of the island platform. The two others are numbered platform 1 and 2 respectively, for the Bankstown line.

The northern side platform is a short platform facing the Up Goods line. There is only staff access to this platform as it is not used for any passenger services. The northern face of the island platform is also very short, serving the Down Goods line towards Enfield. This is the only platform on the Metropolitan Goods Line accessible to passengers. These disused platforms were once served by workers trains carrying railway workers to various workshops and yards along the goods line.

There is lift and stair access to both passenger platforms on the Bankstown Line. There is a small concourse equipped with ticket gates, toilets and a small office.

Points & Crossovers

There are two crossovers at Campsie Station to the east and west of the station, allowing trains from both directions to terminate on platform 1. Formerly, the last westbound train of the night stopped on platform 1 as a points cleaning movement. However, in recent years, the western crossover has been booked out of service, so the points clean has been changed to an westbound empty train terminating on platform 1.

Upgrades
In 2013, Campsie received a transport interchange upgrade, as part of the Transport Access Program. Improvements included improving footpath pavements and installing disabled car parking spaces.

Sydney Metro conversion
Campsie will cease operation of Sydney Trains heavy rail services by the end of 2023 as the Sydenham to Bankstown bracket of the Bankstown Line will undergo conversion to serve the Sydney Metro City & Southwest single-deck driverless rapid-transit rail network. The station will close for 6-7 months in late 2023 in order to undergo work while it reopens as a metro-only station in 2024. These works will include straightening and levelling of platforms and new platform screen doors. The existing Beamish St entrance will also be remodelled.

The line will close over the June/July 2021 school holidays. The existing crossovers will be renewed during this time, with a new crossover in the opposite direction installed on the eastern side.