International Airport is a

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located on the Airport Link, serving Terminal 1 at

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. Terminals 2 and 3 are served by Domestic Airport station. The line is operated by

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with T8 Airport & South Line services.

History

International Airport station opened on 21 May 2000 when the Airport Link opened from Central to

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. Like other stations on the line, International Airport was built and is operated by the

Airport Link Company The Airport Link Company (AirportLink Pty Ltd) is the operator of the Green Square, Mascot, Domestic Airport and International Airport railway stations on the Airport Link tunnel in Sydney, Australia. The line is serviced by T8 Airport & Sout ...

as part of a

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. As part of the contract to build the line, an access fee is levied to recover the costs of building the line. Although often perceived as all going to the Airport Link Company, under the revenue sharing agreement, from August 2014 85% of revenues raised by the access fee go to the

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Platforms and services

Transport links

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operates one bus route via International Airport station, under

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to Mascot stationRoute 420 timetable

Gallery

File:AirportLink Entrance T1.jpg, Entrance from Terminal 1 File:International Airport railway station Escalator to airport 2017.jpg, Escalator to airport File:InternationalTerminalRail2.JPG, Rail terminal barricades and office File:InternationalTerminalRail1.JPG, Rail terminal indicators and ticket machines

References

External links

Sydney International Airport Station
at Transport for New South Wales {{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, Airport & South=y, state=collapsed Airport railway stations in Australia Easy Access railway stations in Sydney Railway stations located underground in Sydney Railway stations in Australia opened in 2000 Sydney Airport Airport Link, Sydney