Camellia railway station
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Camellia | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view of station platform, December 2006 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Grand Avenue North, Camellia Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°49′06″S 151°01′28″E / 33.818362°S 151.024399°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Carlingford | ||||||||||
| Distance | 22.95 kilometres (14.26 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Demolished | ||||||||||
| Station code | CEL | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 January 1885 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 5 January 2020 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Subiaco | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 140 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink) | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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Camellia railway station was a suburban railway station in Sydney, that was open between 1885 and 2020. It was located on the Carlingford line, serving the suburb of Camellia and at the time of closure was served by Sydney Trains T6 Carlingford line services.
History
[edit]Camellia station opened on 21 January 1885 as Subiaco, named after a local estate which housed a convent of Benedictine nuns. The station was renamed Camellia on 14 September 1901,[2] due to public confusion as Subiaco railway station was located on the southern bank of the Parramatta River, with the Subiaco estate on the northern side closer to Victoria Road railway station. Initially, it was proposed that the station should be renamed Parramatta Tram Junction, with the name appearing in proposed timetables from 1900.[3]
In 2014, Camellia was the least patronised station on the Sydney Trains network, with 70 boardings per day being recorded.[4]
The section of the Carlingford railway line between Camellia and Carlingford was converted to light rail as part of the Parramatta Light Rail project with Carlingford line services finishing on 5 January 2020, after which Camellia station closed permanently.[5] The area north of Camellia station will be the branching point for the lines to Carlingford and Sydney Olympic Park.[6]
The station and surrounding area were fully demolished in May 2020.
Former services
[edit]Platforms
[edit]At the time the station closed, the platform had the following services:
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Carlingford services to Clyde |
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Transport links
[edit]Camellia station was served by one NightRide route:
References
[edit]- ^ Transport Performance and Analytics (21 December 2018). "Train Station Entries and Exits 2016 to 2018". Train Station Entries and Exits Data. Open Data: Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Camellia Station Archived 4 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
- ^ CAMELLIA Australian Railway Historical Society. Accessed 8 March 2025
- ^ "Station Barrier Counts – 2004 to 2014". Bureau of Transport Statistics (Transport for New South Wales). Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ T6 Carlingford Line closure for Parramatta Light Rail –Temporary Transport Plan Archived 10 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
- ^ "Parramatta Light Rail – How the preferred network was chosen". Transport for NSW. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "T6: Carlingford line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N61 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Camellia railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Camellia station details Transport for NSW
