Waterfall railway station, Sydney
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Waterfall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Northbound view of the station platforms and entrance ramp in November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kooraban Street, Waterfall Sydney, New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°08′04″S 150°59′40″E / 34.134395°S 150.994506°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 228 metres (748 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Manager of NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | South Coast | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 38.74 km (24.07 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | WFL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 9 March 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 4 May 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes (from July 1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Waterfalls (1886) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Waterfall railway station is a suburban railway station located on the South Coast line, serving the Sydney suburb of Waterfall. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and intercity South Coast Line services.
Sidings
The station opened on 9 March 1886 as Waterfalls, being renamed later in the year. It served as the terminus of the South Coast railway line, until the line was extended to Scarborough in 1887. When the line was duplicated from Hurstville on 12 December 1890, the station was relocated northwards. In 1897 a locomotive depot opened.[3][4]
On 4 May 1905 the station was relocated 600 metres north to its present location.[4]
On 20 December 1994, a shunting accident involving two empty S sets saw one train jack-knife onto the platform, demolishing the concrete pedestrian bridge.[5]
The original weatherboard building was demolished in 1995 and replaced by a rendered brick building.[6]
South of Waterfall station is the site of the Waterfall train disaster, a rail accident resulting in the deaths of the driver and six passengers on 31 January 2003.
Work commenced in late 2013 to make the station fully wheelchair accessible.[7]
Waterfall has sidings for staging freight trains in either direction and a bypass track for goods trains on either side of the platforms. There are also three sidings for the stabling of suburban electric trains to the east of the station. If both platforms at Waterfall station are occupied, then trains that do not stop at Waterfall will also pass by on the bypass tracks.
Services
Platforms
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | terminating services to & from Bondi Junction | [8] | |
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| services to Sydney Central, Bondi Junction & Port Kembla | [9] | ||
| 2 | terminating services to & from Bondi Junction | [8] | |
| services to Port Kembla & Kiama | [9] |
Trackplan
