Bankstown railway station is located on the

Bankstown line The Bankstown Line (numbered T3, coloured orange) is a commuter rail line operated by Sydney Trains in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It serves Canterbury-Bankstown and parts of the Inner West and Western Sydney. The Bankstown railway ...

, serving the

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suburb of Bankstown. It is served by

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T3 Bankstown line services.

History

Bankstown station opened on 14 April 1909, when the

was extended from Belmore. It served as the terminus of the line until it was extended to

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on the

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in 1928. Opposite platform 2 lies a parcel platform that was used by Electric Parcels Vans until 1966. In December 2013, planning approval was granted for an upgrade project including the installation of new stairs, ramps, canopies and ticket barriers. Work commenced in July 2014 and completed in 2015.

Sydney Metro City & Southwest

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is currently extending the

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to Bankstown, with a delayed opening date of 2025. Before the extension opens, the line between Bankstown and Sydenham will close, so that the nine intermediate stations can be converted for driverless Metro operation. Sydney Trains will continue to run services between Bankstown station and the Main Southern railway line to the west. As part of the project, Bankstown station will be upgraded to have an additional at-grade station entrance at the eastern end of the existing platforms, which will align with The Appian Way and Restwell Street. The new entrance will also provide access to Sydney Metro platforms, which will be built east of the new entrance over the road connection between North and South Terraces. The existing station entrance will be retained and the existing platforms is proposed to be retained and extended westwards. The former parcels office, as well as a crossover at the eastern end of the station, will be removed for construction.

Platforms & services

Traditionally, services operated in a loop from the city via Sydenham to Bankstown, then on to Lidcombe, returning to the city via Strathfield and the Main Suburban line and vice versa. In more recent years alternate trains on the line were extended to Liverpool station and trains to Lidcombe no longer return via Strathfield. In the past, there were also limited services to

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via a loop connection to the Main Western line near Lidcombe. Currently services operate to Lidcombe and Liverpool on an alternate basis. To the west of the station, lies a headshunt to allow trains to terminate. This facility is only used by a few trains each night and during trackwork, as at other times, there are no trains scheduled to terminate at Bankstown.

Transport links

Punchbowl Bus Company operates six routes via Bankstown station: *939: to Greenacre *940: to Hurstville station *941: to Hurstville station *944: to

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*945: to Hurstville station *946: to

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Transdev NSW operate 14 routes via Bankstown station:: *905: to Fairfield station *907: to Parramatta station *908: to Merrylands station *909: to Parramatta station *911: to Auburn station *913: to Strathfield station *922: to East Hills *923: to

Panania Panania, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 23 kilometres inner south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney re ...

*924: to East Hills *925: Lidcombe to East Hills *926: to

Revesby Heights Revesby Heights, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the South-western Sydney regio ...

(to Padstow weekdays off peak only) * M90: Liverpool station to

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* M91: Parramatta station to

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* M92: Parramatta station to Sutherland station

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operate one route from Bankstown station: *487: to

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Bankstown station is served by one NightRide route: *N40: East Hills station to Town Hall station

Trackplan

References

External links

Bankstown station details
Transport for New South Wales
Bankstown Station Public Transport Map
Transport for NSW
Bankstown Metro station
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