  redfern railway station is a major railway station in redfern which is to the south of the city centre in sydney, australia. it is a major connecting station for the sydney trains network, as well as being the closest railway station to the university of sydney. redfern is the 7th most patronised railway station in sydney (out of a total of 176 stations), with an average of 22,060 passengers boarding per day. ==history== thumb|left|lawson street entrance thumb|left|gibbons street entrance in the early history of the new south wales railways, "redfern" was the name of the principal sydney terminus. it was loc
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