Macdonaldtown Station

Macdonaldtown Station

Macdonaldtown railway station is a minor CityRail station in the city of Sydney. It is the second station on the Inner West line heading away from Central, being preceded by Redfern and followed by Newtown. The Macdonaldtown locality is actually within the suburb Newtown, with an entrance from the railway underpass on Burren St. It is located opposite the CityRail yards at Eveleigh and adjacent to the Illawarra junction (the junction between the main west and Illawarra lines). A nearby stabling yard is known as the Macdonaldtown turnback which will be expanded by Clearways Project. Six sets of railway tracks pass through the station, but there is only one island platform- on the 'local' tracks.

History

A station opened at Macdonaldtown in 1878.The Main Suburban Railway Line through Macdonaldtown was quadruplicated in 1892.and sextuplicated in 1927 in association with electrification works.[3] An island platform on the middle pair of tracks was taken out of use and demolished in the 1980s[citation needed]. The closed access stairs to this may still be seen from the underpass entrance.

Platforms/Service

Platform 1:

Inner West Line - all stations services to Central and the City Circle (clockwise).

Platform 2:

Inner West Line - all stations services to Lidcombe and Liverpool (Lidcombe trains proceeding via the Bankstown Line.)