Macquarie Fields railway station
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Macquarie Fields
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Southbound view from Platform 1 in November 2011
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| Location | Railway Parade, Macquarie Fields | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°59′06″S 150°52′43″E / 33.985°S 150.878527°ECoordinates: 33°59′06″S 150°52′43″E / 33.985°S 150.878527°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main South | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 43.80 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | MQF | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 3 October 1888 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Macquarie Fields railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Fields. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Airport, T2 Inner West & South and T5 Cumberland lines.
Macquarie Fields station opened on 3 October 1888.
An additional track was opened to the west of the station in 1995 as part of the Glenfield - Ingleburn passing loop. This unelectrified track was used by freight and long distance passenger trains. In December 2012, the track was incorporated into the Southern Sydney Freight Line and became freight only.
It has been reported that a ghost of a teenage girl haunts the station, where screaming is often heard at night after train services have stopped. In July 1906, a woman named Emily Gengeson was reportedly ran over and killed by a train.
From the second half of 2017, Macquarie Fields railway station will be served exclusively by the Airport and East Hills line, meaning commuters will have to change at Glenfield to travel to either the city via Granville or to Blacktown via the Cumberland Line.
Interline Bus Services operates one route to and from Macquarie Fields station:
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