Richmond railway line

Richmond Line
View of the duplicated Richmond line as it runs through Riverstone.
Overview
Termini	Blacktown Richmond
Stations	11
Services	T1 North Shore, Northern & Western Line
Operation
Opened	1 December 1864 (1864-12-01)
Owner	RailCorp
Operator(s)	Sydney Trains
Depot(s)	Flemington, Eveleigh
Rolling stock	A, K, C, S & T sets
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Kurrajong railway line to Kurrajong 60.68 km Richmond Bourke Street 60.00 km East Richmond Racecourse Road 57.21 km Clarendon Rickabys Creek 54.98 km Windsor Fairey Road South Creek Mulgrave Road Mulgrave Tank closed 1891 52.59 km Mulgrave Level Crossing Road Bandon Road 49.23 km Vineyard Meatworks 45.96 km Riverstone Garfield Road 43.75 km Schofields 40.09 km Quakers Hill 37.41 km Marayong Breakfast Creek 34.87 km Blacktown from Main Western railway line This diagram:

The Richmond railway line is a railway line in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a branch of the Main Western line. Sydney Trains operates electric passenger train services over the line and markets these as part of the North Shore, Northern & Western Line. The section between Blacktown and Schofields is also served by the Cumberland Line. The line is owned by Sydney Trains.

The railway commences between Seven Hills and Blacktown station on the western line in Sydney's western suburbs. This section of the western line consists of four tracks- two "up" tracks (meaning the direction towards Sydney) and two "down" tracks (meaning the direction away from Sydney). A flyover branches off the two "down western" line tracks and passes over the top of the two "up western" tracks to form the "down Richmond line". The "up Richmond track" connects to the two "up Western tracks" at the same point. The line then parallels the Main Western line to Blacktown station.

The line branches off in a northerly direction from the Main Western Line at Blacktown station, and Blacktown platforms 1 and 2 (an island platform) serve the Richmond Line tracks. The line then heads north as a double track electrified line, passing the Blacktown Control Box and Blacktown train sidings to Marayong station, which has an island platform. The line continues north to Quakers Hill (island platform). Two sets of points at Quakers Hill allows trains to terminate on either platform. The line continues north-west through Schofields (island platform) where the double track currently ends. Two sets of points at Schofields allows trains to terminate on either platform.