Main Suburban railway line

The Main Suburban railway line is the technical name for the trunk railway line between Redfern railway station and Parramatta railway station in Sydney, Australia, but now generally refers to the section between Redfern and where the Old Main South Line branches off at Granville Junction. The railway line then continues on as the Main Western line towards the Blue Mountains. This term distinguished this trunk line from the Illawarra Line which branched south from the Illawarra Junction to Wollongong, and later the North Shore tracks which carried trains north over the Harbour Bridge.

Main Suburban railway
Sydney Metropolitan Rail Area with Main Suburban railway highlighted in black
Overview
OwnerTransport Asset Holding Entity
Termini
Stations17
Service
Services
Operator(s)Sydney Trains
History
Opened1855 (1855)
Technical
Track length10 km (6.2 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead 1500 V DC
Operating speed
  • Track speed varies between 50 km/h (on local) and 100 km/h (on main)
  • 43.3 km/h (network average)
Route map

Main Suburban line through Croydon
km
To Sydney Harbour Bridge or City Circle
0.00
 Central
1.30
 Redfern
Illawarra line to Bomaderry
2.48
 Macdonaldtown
3.10
 Newtown
4.67
 Stanmore
5.50
 Petersham
6.25
 Lewisham
Inner West Light Rail
7.03
 Summer Hill
8.38
 Ashfield
9.42
 Croydon
10.62
 Burwood
11.81
 Strathfield
Main Northern line to Armidale
12.74
 Homebush
14.32
 Flemington
Olympic Park line
16.61
 Lidcombe
Main Southern line to Albury
18.63
 Auburn
20.66
 Clyde
Carlingford line to Carlingford
21.22
 Granville
Old Main South line to Cabramatta
Main Western line to Dubbo
Note: most crossovers not shown
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