Southern Sydney Freight Line

Southern Sydney Freight Line
New South Wales Metropolitan Rail Area with Sydney Freight network highlighted in black.
Overview
Type	Freight
Operation
Owner	Australian Rail Track Corporation

The Southern Sydney Freight Line (SSFL) is a freight only railway line in the south-western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The line was constructed to avoid a curfew for freight trains that restricts them from operating in the suburban area during peak hours.

The SSFL forms part of a dedicated freight only corridor between Macarthur and Port Botany. The line is managed by the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), while the adjacent passenger lines are managed by RailCorp.

The SSFL branches from and runs parallel to the Main South line for its full 36 kilometre length from Macarthur to Birrong. The line is an unelectrified, bi-directional single track with 1,800m long passing loops at Glenfield and Leightonfield. Apart from its end points, the SSFL has no interface with the existing network.

From a junction south of Macarthur, the line runs to the west of the existing tracks to Ingleburn where it joins an existing relief line to Glenfield built in the mid-1990s. Just north of Glenfield the line crosses to the east of the existing tracks via a flyover, with future access to the proposed Moorebank Intermodal Terminal. The line continues to parallel the Main South line to Sefton, incorporating the existing Leightonfield Freight loop and sidings. At Sefton Junction, the line passes under the Bankstown line and joins the Metropolitan Goods line which provides access to the Enfield and Port Botany marshalling yards.