Villawood railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern railway line in the Sydney suburb of Villawood. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.
Villawood | |||||||||||
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 Eastbound view in November 2007 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | River Avenue, Villawood Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′51″S 150°58′34″E / 33.880790668882824°S 150.97605373821182°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Southern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 24.50 kilometres (15.22 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am-2pm
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| Station code | VWD | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 1924 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | |||||||||||
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History
editVillawood station opened on 8 October 1924 when the Main Southern railway line was extended from Regents Park to Cabramatta.[3][4]
To the south of the station lies the Southern Sydney Freight Line, which opened in January 2013.
Platforms and services
editHistorically, eastbound services connected Villawood to the City Circle via Lidcombe and the Main Suburban railway line. Between 2013 and 2024, eastbound services from Villawood to the City Circle ran only via an alternate route along the Bankstown railway line.[5] Following the partial closure of the Bankstown railway line for Sydney Metro conversion in 2024, this situation reverted. Now eastbound services from Villawood operate to the City Circle via Lidcombe again, branded as the T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line.[6]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Central & the City Circle via Regents Park | [7] | |
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| 2 | services to Liverpool |
Transport links
editTransit Systems NSW operates three bus routes via Villawood station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 905: Fairfield station to Bankstown station[8]
- 907: Parramatta station to Bankstown station[9]
- S4: Fairfield to Chester Hill shopping service[10]
Villawood station is served by one NightRide route:
References
edit- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Villawood Station Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
- ^ Villawood Railway Station Group Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ Transport for NSW (December 2020). "West of Bankstown rail services in 2024". NSW Government. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Transport for NSW (October 2024). "Train and bus timetable changes FAQs: 2024 train and bus timetable" (PDF). NSW Government. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Vilawood railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Villawood station details Transport for New South Wales
