Waterfall railway station, Sydney

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Waterfall
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
South Coast Line
Station code	WFL
Suburb	Waterfall
Street(s)	Kooraban St
Distance from Central Station	38.74 km
Station Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops Suburban limited stops Intercity
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	4
Platform arrangement	1 Island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	Yes (Assisted)
Station facilities	Link

Waterfall railway station is a Sydney railway station serving the suburb of Waterfall, New South Wales and is the last stop of the suburban section of the Illawara line. Waterfall station also provides access to Camp Coutts, a large Scout campsite. South of Waterfall railway station is the site of the Waterfall train disaster, a rail accident that claimed the lives of the driver and six passengers on 31 January 2003.

1 Sidings
2 Platforms/Service
3 Trackplan
4 External links

[edit] Sidings

Waterfall has sidings for staging goods trains in either direction and a bypass track for goods trains on either side of the platforms (the 'Up and Down refuge loops'). There are also 3 sidings for the stabling of suburban electric trains to the east of the station.

[edit] Platforms/Service

The station receives approximately 2 trains an hour in off-peak, with more services in peak hours. Some South Coast line trains stop at the station, although others are usually prevented from doing so when a suburban train is terminating at the station and use the 2 outside passing tracks. Trains may terminate on either platform before returing to the city.

Platform 1

Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra Line - terminating services; all stations and limited stops services to Bondi Junction..
South Coast Line - intercity services to Central; peak hour intercity services to Bondi Junction..

Platform 2

Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line - terminating services; all stations and limited stops services to Bondi Junction..
South Coast Line - intercity services to Thirroul, Wollongong, Port Kembla, Dapto and Kiama..

[edit] Trackplan

Track arrangement at Waterfall

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -34.13436° 150.99452°

Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Sutherland	South Coast Line	Helensburgh
Heathcote	Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line	terminus