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Macquarie Fields
Southbound view from Platform 1, November 2011
General information
Location	Railway Parade, Macquarie Fields
Coordinates	33°59′06″S 150°52′43″E / 33.985°S 150.878527°E / -33.985; 150.878527
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Southern
Distance	33.80 kilometres (21.00 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	No
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am-7pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 8am-4pm
Station code	MQF
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	3 October 1888
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023	423,730 (year) 1,161 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Ingleburntowards Macarthur Airport & South Line Glenfieldtowards City Circle

Macquarie Fields railway station is located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Fields. It is served by Sydney Trains' T8 Airport & South line services.

History

Bumberry Junction

Bumberry Junction (likely a play on words based it being located at the bridge over Bunbury Curran creek) was a temporary location on the Main Southern Railway in New South Wales, Australia, between the future Ingleburn, and Macquarie Fields railway stations. It was built for the duplication effort of the line between Liverpool and Campbelltown. The station opened 27 March 1891. It did not appear in passenger timetables however it appeared in working timetables "for the use of officers and employees only".

In August 1891, the station was receiving 4 down services and 4 up services. With the occasional Special running such as "Cook's Special Cheap Excursions".

The station had access to the railway telegraph network until 4 April 1892.

The station was decommissioned 2 June 1892 with the completion of the bridge across Bunbury Curran Creek.

Macquarie Fields

Macquarie Fields station opened on 3 October 1888.

An additional track was opened to the west of the station in 1995 as part of the Glenfield - Ingleburn passing loop. This unelectrified track was used by freight and long-distance passenger trains. In December 2012, the track was incorporated into the Southern Sydney Freight Line and became freight only.

It has been reported that a ghost of a woman haunts the station, where crying and screaming are often heard at night after train services have stopped. In July 1906, a 42-year-old woman named Emily Hay Georgeson was reportedly run over and killed by a train.

Since the second half of 2017, Macquarie Fields railway station has been served exclusively by the Airport and East Hills line, meaning commuters have to change at Glenfield to travel to either the city via Granville or to Blacktown via the Cumberland Line.

In 2024, it was announced that the station would be receiving a multi-million dollar upgrade and overhaul, improving accessibility, commuter access and parking. Construction is expected to begin in late 2024 and be completed by 2026.

Platforms and services

Transport links

Transit Systems operates one bus route via Macquarie Fields station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 876: to Eucalyptus Drive, peak extension to Long Point

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. Bulletin May 1968 No 367. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/332560
4. New South Wales Government Railways monthly notice no. 12 : December 1891. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/375898
5. New South Wales Railways Working Timetable for Goods, Stock and Mineral Trains, Southern Division, starts Sunday, 2 August 1891. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/378266
6. New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 47 : Saturday, 21 November 1891 to Friday, 27 November 1891. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/376008
7. New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 49 : Saturday, 5 December 1891 to Friday, 11 December 1891 | Australian Railway Historical Society (recollect.net.au)
8. New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 05 : Saturday, 30 January 1892 to Friday, 5 February 1892. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/376018
9. New South Wales Government Railways weekly notice no. 14 : Saturday, 2 April 1892 to Friday, 8 April 1892. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/376027
10. Bulletin May 1968 No 367. Australian Railway Historical Society, accessed 18/02/2024, https://arhs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/332560
11. Macquarie Fields Station NSWrail.net
12. "The Glenfield - Ingleburn Passing Loop Project" Railway Digest August 1994 pages 18-19
13. KILLED BY A TRAIN, A WOMAN'S TRAGIC END.
14. Barr, Eliza (27 February 2017). "Southwest Sydney train service to increase with new peak hour trains and north-south connection from Leppington to Parramatta and Blacktown". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
15. O'Sullivan, Matt (27 February 2017). "Decision on rail link to new Sydney airport 'many years off', Transport Minister Andrew Constance says". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
16. "Macquarie Fields Station Upgrade". No. Government NSW.
17. "Macquarie Fields Station upgrade". No. Government NSW. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
18. ^ "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.
19. "Interline route 876". Transport for NSW.

External links

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

• Railway stations in Sydney
• Railway stations in Australia opened in 1888
• Macquarie Fields, New South Wales
• Main Southern railway line, New South Wales