Liverpool railway station is on the Main Southern railway line of the Sydney Trains network, serving the south-western Sydney suburb of the same name. The station has a large overhead concourse and four platforms, with a single entrance from Bigge St. The station is fully wheelchair accessible.
The town (now suburb) of Liverpool on the Georges River was one of the earliest settlements of the colony of New South Wales. The station opened on 26 September 1856 and was an early terminus of the Main South line. Immediately north of Liverpool station, a former branch line crossed the Georges River and entered the Holsworthy military base. The pylons for the bridge over the river have been reused to provide a pedestrian walkway, which has since been removed.
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 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.
The Southern Sydney Freight Line 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 Rail Clearways Program. Platform 4 opened in January 2014. Previously platform 2 was the main southbound platform with platform 3 used for turnbacks.
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Liverpool has four platforms. The outer two (numbered 1 and 4) face the Main South line and serve through T2/5 trains. The inner two (numbered 2 and 3) are turnback platforms for terminating T3/5 trains. The Southern Sydney Freight Line passes behind platform 4 (there is no platform for this track).
South of the station lie three sidings, with two between the main line tracks and one west of the up main track. These sidings are an out-stabling location for Flemington Maintenance Depot.
Liverpool also has a large bus interchange outside the station, serving Transit Systems (Region 3), Transdev South and Interline buses.
