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Glenbrook
Glenbrook Station 2019.jpg
Westbound view in December 2019
Location Burfitt Parade, Glenbrook
Australia
Coordinates 33°46′09″S 150°37′15″E / 33.76903°S 150.62074°E / -33.76903; 150.62074
Elevation 167 metres (548 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by NSW TrainLink
Line(s) Main Western
Distance 67.08 kilometres from Central
Platforms 2 (1 island)
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Ground
Parking Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code GBR
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened 11 May 1913
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 570 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank 182
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Blaxland
toward Lithgow
Blue Mountains Line
Lithgow
Lapstone
toward Central

Glenbrook railway station is located on the Main Western line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the Blue Mountains suburb of Glenbrook.

History

The station opened on 11 May 1913 after the construction of a deviation.

Until October 1990 there was a loop for westbound services opposite platform 2.

In December 2019, an upgrade which included a new lift was completed.

Glenbrook Railway Station (NSW) (8271750902)
Historical view of the station

Platforms & services

Glenbrook has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Lithgow.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
NSW TrainLink
services to Sydney Central
2
NSW TrainLink
services to Springwood, Katoomba, Mount Victoria & Lithgow

Trivia

Glenbrook Station is also the name of a fictional subway station in the roller coaster Xpress: Platform 13 at Walibi Holland in the Netherlands

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