Tallawong is a suburb of Blacktown in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tallawong is in north-west Greater Sydney Area in the local government area of

Blacktown Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located west of the Sydney central business district. It is one of the most multicultural places within Great ...

. It is named after the metro station located within its boundaries, which opened in May 2019. ''Tallawong'' is a Darug word meaning apple gum tree.

History

The majority of the suburb used to be part of Schofields. However, Tallawong station in the southeast is located in what used to be part of

Rouse Hill Rouse Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rouse Hill is located in the Hills District, 43 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and 19 kilometres north-west of the Parramatta central ...

. Until the creation of the suburb of Tallawong, there were two metro stations within the suburb of Rouse Hill, the other being Rouse Hill station. Tallawong was gazetted on 6 November 2020. New Blacktown City suburbs officially named
The National Tribune 2 November 2020

Transport

Tallawong metro station, opened in May 2019, is located in the southeast portion of the suburb between Tallawong Road and Cudgegong Road. It is the terminus of the

Metro North West Line Metro North West Line is a rapid transit rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The first–and currently the only line on the Sydney Metro network, it commenced operation on 26 May 2019, running between and . The line will be ...

which provides high frequency rail services to Chatswood. Bus stops are located outside the metro station on Implexa Parade. They are serviced by

Busways Busways is an Australian bus company operating services in Sydney, and in the Central Coast, Great Lakes, Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales and Adelaide. It is the largest privately owned bus operator in Australia. History The orig ...

routes 732, 742, 747 and 751 to Rouse Hil,

Marsden Park Marsden Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Marsden Park is located north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Blacktown local government area and is part of the Greater Western Sydney regio ...

, Riverstone and

and

Hillsbus Hillsbus is an Australian bus company that operates services in the Hills District of Sydney. Founded in 2004 when National Express merged its Glenorie Bus Company and Westbus (Hills District operations only) subsidiaries, it is today part of ...

night route 607N to Queen Victoria Building in the City. Nightride bus route N92 operates between Tallawong and Sydney central business district outside metro operation hours.

References

External links

Map of Tallawong
(November 2020) – Blacktown City Council Suburbs of Sydney City of Blacktown {{Sydney-geo-stub