Leightonfield railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Villawood. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services.

Leightonfield
Eastbound view in November 2007
General information
Location	Christina Road, Villawood
Coordinates	33°52′53″S 150°59′05″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main South
Distance	23.67 kilometres from Central
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	LHF
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	24 August 1942
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2018	570 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Villawood toward Liverpool Bankstown Line Chester Hill toward City Circle

History

Leightonfield station opened on 24 August 1942 to service the adjacent munitions factory. It was transferred from Federal to State Government ownership on 1 February 1962.[2][3]

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

Platforms and services

Historically Leightonfield was served by services from the city and Lidcombe operating to Liverpool. This changed in the early 2000s, when most services to Liverpool were altered to operate via Bankstown. Today Leightonfield is served by T3 Bankstown line services terminating at Liverpool and three Liverpool – City via Strathfield services on weekdays.[4][5] The NSW Government Future Transport Strategy (Our vision for transport in NSW) released in September 2022 shows Leightonfield and the Villawood freight intermodal (instead of Birrong) as the interchange between the T3 Bankstown Line branches to Lidcombe and Liverpool.[6]

Transport links

Leightonfield station is served by one NightRide route:

• N50: Liverpool station to Town Hall station[7]

References

External links

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