Fairfield railway station is a heritage-listed suburban railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Fairfield. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Leppington & Inner West Line and T5 Cumberland Line services. It was designed and built by NSW Government Railways from 1856 to 1891. It is also known as Fairfield Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
History
After completion of the initial rail line from Sydney to Parramatta, work soon proceeded on the Main South line from Granville Junction to Goulburn. The first section from Granville to Liverpool was constructed quickly over easy terrain and was opened on 26 September 1856. Fairfield was opened with this section and was the only intermediate station at that time. Campbelltown was reached in 1858, that section opening on 17 May 1858. The line was duplicated in 1891. This line was constructed as a rural railway and had no suburban purpose until well into the twentieth century. Its stations served what were then rural settlements and only later were adapted as commuter stations. In 1925, the Widemere Quarry Line was linked to the station with the Main Southern Line, before closing in 1945.
The station was upgraded and given lifts in 2003.