Carlingford Light Rail station

Carlingford Light Rail station is an upcoming station on the Parramatta Light Rail, serving the Sydney suburb of Carlingford. Prior to January 2020, it was served by the Carlingford line of the Sydney Trains network.

History[]

The station opened on 20 April 1896 as Pennant Hills, but the line was never used, as the owner had got into financial difficulty. Pennant Hills was supposed to be a temporary terminus, as it was originally intended to extend the line to Dural. The initial section of line was eventually taken over and upgraded by the government. It opened for traffic on 1 August 1901 and the Pennant Hills station was renamed Carlingford. After the government took control of the line, it directed the Public Works Committee to conduct an investigation into the value of the Dural extension. The committee ultimately decided not to support construction of the extension.

The Carlingford Produce Store is located adjacent to the station. It included facilities to load grain onto railway wagons. Some of this infrastructure is still extant today. A large amount of land lies behind the station, for future extensions of the line.

Light Rail Conversion[]

The Camellia to Carlingford section of the Carlingford railway line will be converted to light rail as part of the Parramatta Light Rail project. Carlingford will be converted to a light rail stop with a second platform added, serving as the eastern terminus of the line (likely to be coded as L4).