Petersham railway station
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Petersham
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Westbound view in July 2006
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| Location | Trafalgar Street, Petersham | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°53′38″S 151°09′19″E / 33.89396°S 151.15517°ECoordinates: 33°53′38″S 151°09′19″E / 33.89396°S 151.15517°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Suburban | ||||||||||
| Distance | 5.50 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | PSM | ||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 6 January 1857 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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Petersham railway station is located on the Main Suburban line, serving the Sydney suburb of Petersham. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Inner West & South line services.
Petersham station opened on 6 January 1857. The Main Suburban line through Petersham was quadruplicated in 1892, and sextuplicated in 1927 in association with electrification works.
The heritage listed Victorian Italianate station built in 1885 facing Terminus Street, with platform at rear, is the only major 'First Class' station building known to have been built in Sydney in the 19th century.
A turn-back siding previously located between the local tracks has now been removed. This turn back siding was located on land now used for the training college west of the station.
A pedestrian subway was provided in 1892 at the western end of the station, connecting Trafalgar and Terminus Streets. Access to the platforms from this subway closed after 1988. A neo-gothic footbridge is located at the eastern end of the station.
Upgrades to the station took place in the late 1990s, with the wooden steps on the footbridge being replaced due to their slipperiness in wet weather, a small but high-roofed shed at the east end of the platform being removed for security reasons, and the area under the lower part of the platform stairs also being fenced-off for similar concerns.
In 1967, the Department of Railways granted the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum use of the former goods sidings pending its moving to Enfield. On 6 November 1987, this site was opened by the State Rail Authority as a training college, being officially opened by Minister for Transport Ron Mulock. It was refurbished in 2008. As well as various pieces of rail signalling and track infrastructure, the training college has two S set carriages.
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