Cabramatta railway station

Cabramatta is a railway station on the Main Southern railway line of the Sydney Trains network, serving the Sydney suburb of the same name. The station has entrances on Railway Parade and Broomfield Street, with an overhead concourse linking the two platforms. It is fully wheelchair accessible.

Cabramatta is staffed 24 hours everyday.

History
Cabramatta station opened in 1870 on the Granville to Liverpool section of the Main South line, with two side platforms facing either track of the double track line. On 8 October 1924, Cabramatta line became a junction station when another branch of the Main South line opened from Sefton, joining the existing line just north of the station.

In April 1996, the junction was upgraded from a low speed one with an 80 km/h speed limit. To make the higher speeds possible, the track centres have been widened from 4 metres at the platforms to about 12 metres at the diamond crossing at the heart of the junction. Longer points were installed.

As part of the Southern Sydney Freight Line project, a third line was built behind the eastern side of the station, turning platform 2 into an island platform. Due to limited space, an overhead concourse was constructed to replace a building on platform 2. The new concourse opened in 2011, the line in December 2013.

Platforms and Services
Cabramatta has two platforms in an one side, one island configuration. The easternmost platform, facing the Southern Sydney Freight Line, is fenced off, as no passenger services run on the line.

The station is served by Sydney Trains T2, T3 and T5 services, usually with 8 trains per hour during the offpeak.