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Macarthur railway station is located on the Main South Line and is 56.6km from Sydney CBD.It serves western Campbelltown, parts of Glen Alpine, Ambarvale and Bradbury as well as a Western Sydney University and TAFE Campus.Macarthur is the southern terminus for the T8 Airport and South line and is also serviced by Southern Highlands line trains in both directions.
Macarthur is currently the south western limit for Sydney Trains suburban services.
In 1976, a plan was created to build a new station 488m in the southern direction of the existing Campbelltown railway station. The plan for a "new" Campbelltown station was dropped and the plan was modified to be an unmanned, new, station. The plan was later changed to be 1800m to its current location, being built to serve a shopping centre being built 500m away. The station was originally supposed to be named Ambarvale, after the suburb it is located, but this was later changed to Macarthur, the name of the region.[Construction started in November 1983 with the station opening on 28 July 1985. It was initially only served by a few peak-hour services until a new timetable was introduced on 16 November 1986.
To solve firstly go to the posted S 34° 04.317 E 150° 47.840
WP1
Looking at Opal readers /access points – how many are there? (hint it is an odd number)
WP2
If you turn around you will be facing the indicator boards – How many are there?
WP3
To the left of the indicator boards, up high is a sign telling you the street (Avenue) name.
(hint it starts with G) how many letters for this name?
WP4
Back to the indicator board – the far right one (Southern Highlands). It lists on the bottom bit all the stations on this line – including Macarthur, how many stations are mentioned?
WP5
Just past the ticket office and Telstra phone is a vending machine (Coke).
The vending machine has a serial number starting with 10V. What are the last 4 numbers?
WP6
Let us walk down into the street (heading towards the shopping centre) either down the stairs or take the lift. You should be on Menangle Road near the bus stops – (S 034 04.338 E 150 47.812). (Stay on the station side of the street)
There are several motifs/Stencilled along the footpath- how many are there? (see photo gallery)
You do not need to go past the carpark (Hint its less than 10)
WP7
At carpark – near the motor bike parking (S 034 04.359 E 150 47.689) – silver cabinet (Modulec).
Its marked as “Distribution Car Park “. What are the first 4 numbers of the SERIAL No.? (Hint 7 is the middle number.
WP8
Seats. Now after walking past them along the footpath from the station, how many seats are there?
Put your answers from WP1 to WP8 in the same order into CERTITUDES (no spaces)
Bring your own pen and please return cache where you found it.
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