St Marys railway station, Sydney
Encyclopedia
St Marys is a railway station on the Western line, Sydney of the CityRail
network. It has four tracks, and the tracks are paired by direction down/down/up/up. This means that all trains to the city leave from the same island platform
, so if a train happens to travel on the unexpected track, it is merely a matter of walking to the other side of the island platform. All four platforms can have trains terminated on and sent back to the origin station. St Marys platforms are accessible by lifts, and is therefore classified as an Easy Access station for wheelchairs.
. The name was changed to St Marys on 1 August 1885 after the nearby St Mary Magdalene Church. It is the current western extent of quadruplication of the Western Line built as part of the Blue Mountains electrification in the 1950s, although the original proposal was to extend it through to Penrith. St Marys was the junction of the former (electrified) Ropes Creek branch line, which opened in 1942. This branch line has been truncated into two storage sidings at the western end of the station and the overhead wiring has been removed. In March 1983, 40 people were injured when a suburban train failed to stop at the station and derailed at catch-points to the west of the station.
Busways
Westbus
NightRide
CityRail
CityRail is an operating brand of RailCorp, a corporation owned by the state government of New South Wales, Australia. It is responsible for providing commuter rail services, and some coach services, in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities of New South Wales. It is...
network. It has four tracks, and the tracks are paired by direction down/down/up/up. This means that all trains to the city leave from the same island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
, so if a train happens to travel on the unexpected track, it is merely a matter of walking to the other side of the island platform. All four platforms can have trains terminated on and sent back to the origin station. St Marys platforms are accessible by lifts, and is therefore classified as an Easy Access station for wheelchairs.
History
St Marys station opened on 1 May 1862 as South Creek with the construction of the Main Western LineMain Western railway line, New South Wales
The Main Western Railway is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs through the Blue Mountains, Central West, North West Slopes and the Far West regions.- Description of route :...
. The name was changed to St Marys on 1 August 1885 after the nearby St Mary Magdalene Church. It is the current western extent of quadruplication of the Western Line built as part of the Blue Mountains electrification in the 1950s, although the original proposal was to extend it through to Penrith. St Marys was the junction of the former (electrified) Ropes Creek branch line, which opened in 1942. This branch line has been truncated into two storage sidings at the western end of the station and the overhead wiring has been removed. In March 1983, 40 people were injured when a suburban train failed to stop at the station and derailed at catch-points to the west of the station.
Platforms and services
The station is served by two trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.Bus services
St Marys Station Bus InterchangeBusways
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Westbus
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NightRide
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