Loftus railway station, Sydney

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Loftus

Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
Station code	LOF
Suburb	Loftus
Street(s)	Loftus Ave
Distance from Central Station	26.29 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stations
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	2 Side
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	Yes (Assisted)
Station facilities	Link

Loftus is a railway station on the CityRail Illawarra line. Located in the Sydney suburb of Loftus, it serves a residential area. It has two side platforms.

Loftus was the former junction of the branch line to the Royal National Park which opened in 1886^[1] and branched off immediately south of the station. The branch line closed in 1991. It has since been converted into a tram line and the connection to the Illawarra Line severed. The tram line operates from the Sydney Tramway Museum, which sits beside the railway station.

1 Platform/Service
2 Accessibility
3 Transport Links
4 Trackplan
5 Neighbouring stations
6 Gallery
7 References

[edit] Platform/Service

The station is served by two trains per hour for most of the time, with additional trains at weekday peak hours.

Platform 1

Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line - all stations and limited stops services to Central and Bondi Junction..

Platform 2

Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line - all stations services to Waterfall..

[edit] Accessibility

The station has street access to both platforms, connected by an overbridge with ramps. This allows the station to classed as having partial Easy Access for wheelchairs.

[edit] Transport Links

Veolia Transport runs two routes via Loftus station:

991 - Between Sutherland and Heathcote.
992 - Between Miranda and Engadine.

[edit] Trackplan

Track arrangement at Loftus

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Sutherland	Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line	Engadine

Station Navigation
Illawarra (Royal National Park Branch) line
←Previous Station	Sutherland	\|	Royal National Park	Next Station →
Closed Stations

[edit] Gallery

Loftus Railway Station platform 1

Loftus Railway Station platform 2

Loftus Railway Station signal box

Historical view from the 1940s

[edit] References

^ Royal National Park Line. Nswrail.net. Retrieved on 2 February 2007.

CityRail Stations

CityRail Lines
Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra Line	Bondi Junction \| Edgecliff \| Kings Cross \| Martin Place \| Town Hall \| Central \| Redfern \| Sydenham \| Tempe \| Wolli Creek \| Arncliffe \| Banksia \| Rockdale \| Kogarah \| Carlton \| Allawah \| Hurstville \| Penshurst \| Mortdale \| Oatley \| Como \| Jannali \| Sutherland \| Loftus \| Engadine \| Heathcote \| Waterfall \| Kirrawee \| Gymea \| Miranda \| Caringbah \| Woolooware \| Cronulla
(stations in italics are under planning or under construction)
■ Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra \| ■ Bankstown \| ■ Inner West \| ■ Airport & East Hills \| ■ South \| ■ Cumberland \| ■ Western \| ■ North Shore \| ■ Carlingford \| ■ Olympic Park \| ■ Northern \| ■ South Coast \| ■ Southern Highlands \| ■ Blue Mountains \| ■ Newcastle & Central Coast \| ■ Hunter
Under construction or planning: CBD Rail Link \| Epping to Chatswood Line \| North West Metro \| South West Rail Link