Leightonfield railway station

Leightonfield
Eastbound view in November 2007
General information
Location	Christina Road, Villawood Australia
Coordinates	33°52′53″S 150°59′05″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Southern
Distance	23.67 kilometres (14.71 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	No
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am-2pm Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed
Station code	LHF
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	24 August 1942
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023[2]	111,020 (year) 304 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Villawood towards Liverpool Liverpool & Inner West Line Chester Hill towards City Circle

Leightonfield railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern railway line in the Sydney suburb of Villawood. It is served by Sydney Trains' T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.

History

Leightonfield station opened on 24 August 1942 to service the adjacent munitions factory, which contributed to Australia's war effort in World War II.^[3] It was transferred from Federal to State Government ownership on 1 February 1962.^[4][5]

To the south of the station lies the Southern Sydney Freight Line, which opened in January 2013.

Platforms and services

Historically, eastbound services connected Leightonfield to the City Circle via Lidcombe and the Main Suburban railway line. Between 2013 and 2024, eastbound services from Leightonfield to the City Circle ran only via an alternate route along the Bankstown railway line.^[6] Following the partial closure of the Bankstown railway line for Sydney Metro conversion in 2024, this situation reverted. Now eastbound services from Leightonfield operate to the City Circle via Lidcombe again, branded as the T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line.^[7]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T3	services to Central & the City Circle via Regents Park	[8]
2	T3	services to Liverpool

Transport links

Leightonfield station is served by one NightRide route:

• N50: Liverpool station to Town Hall station^[9]

References

1. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
2. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
3. Barr, Eliza (9 June 2017). "Leightonfield station's WWII story lives on". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
4. Leightonfield Station NSWrail.net
5. Leightonfield Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
6. Transport for NSW (December 2020). "West of Bankstown rail services in 2024". NSW Government. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
7. Transport for NSW (October 2024). "Train and bus timetable changes FAQs: 2024 train and bus timetable" (PDF). NSW Government. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
8. "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
9. "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

External links

• Media related to Leightonfield railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Leightonfield station details Transport for New South Wales