Major construction is starting at Macquarie Fields Station, delivering a long-awaited upgrade for the more than 10,000 passengers who use the station every week.
Macquarie Fields is the first Sydney station in line for an upgrade under the NSW Government’s $800 million election commitment to accelerate station upgrades across NSW.
The 136-year-old station has never been fully accessible, with the City-bound Platform 1 only accessible via stairs.
Key features of the upgraded station include a new footbridge with lifts, stairs and a covered walkway to the platform, family accessible toilet and unisex ambulant toilet, and six accessible parking spaces and two accessible drop-off spaces.
A single entry point to the station from Railway Parade, improving wheelchair, elderly and pram access will also be part f the upgrade, as well as improved lighting and CCTV and more bike parking spaces.
Work will ramp up around rail possession weekends through May and will include the laying of foundations for the new footbridge and lifts.
In the meantime, members of the local community were welcomed onto the project site last Friday (pictured) to see how community feedback helped shape and improve the station upgrade design.
Major construction is expected to be complete by late 2026.
Free community tours of the project will take place quarterly throughout construction. To register interest in tours and find the latest on the upgrade visit the project webpage at www.transport.nsw.gov.au/macquariefields
“This is a long-awaited upgrade for locals, many of whom have been campaigning for lifts for more than 10 years,’’ says Member For Macquarie Fields, Anoulack Chanthivong.
“Their campaign was ignored by the previous NSW Liberal Government who invested in lesser used stations like Hawkesbury River Station first, which sees only a quarter of the weekly passenger numbers.
“Macquarie Fields is home to hundreds of elderly people, young families with prams, people with disability and this will make a huge difference in supporting them to get around.
“Meeting members of the community and being shown around the site demonstrated how much thought has gone into the project to get it right.”
