Bankstown railway line, Sydney

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The Bankstown Line is part of the metropolitan rail network of Sydney known as CityRail. It services various Inner West and Western Sydney suburbs including centres at Bankstown and Liverpool.

January, 2006 saw the completion of a four-year project to upgrade the line. The work included the resleepering of the entire line, replacing the former wooden sleepers with the more durable concrete ones, replacement and upgrade of the signalling, and also replacement of the ageing catenary, mostly with the more modern double contact wire variety. Other minor work such as graffiti removal and lineside litter clean-up was also carried out as part of the upgrade. The lengthy upgrade process was noted for its "January Closedowns", in which the entire line was closed in January for the bulk of the upgrade work to take place. Passengers were required to use specially provided substitute buses which stopped only at the railway stations, and honoured Cityrail tickets. In addition to the track and catenary upgrade, many of the stations on the Bankstown Line have had their facilities upgraded in the early 2000s, including new station buildings, the installation of platform elevators for wheelchair access, and the installation of security cameras. The upgrade of all stations is ongoing, and many are still in their original condition, and do not provide wheelchair accessibility, making it prudent for those requiring this capability to check before travelling.

Contents

1 Route
2 Line Information
3 Bankstown Line stations
4 Stopping Patterns
5 External links

Route

Begins at Town Hall station in the City Circle. Branches south, from Redfern station to Sydenham. Branches from Sydenham, dedicated line to Birrong, where line splits - one branch going north to Lidcombe, the other west to Liverpool.

About half of the Bankstown line trains (the Lidcombe branch) return to the CBD via the Inner West line. These trains are given a "fake" destination of Birrong via Sydenham, where the train changes its destination to the City Circle, and vice versa. When the Clearways project is complete, most of these "loop" trains will terminate at Lidcombe, breaking the loop.

Line Information

Off-Peak Services Per Hour:
Monday to Friday Daytime	4
Monday to Friday Evening	4 (2 later)
Saturday & Sunday Daytime	2
Saturday & Sunday Evening	2

More services serve the line in the Monday to Friday morning and evening peak hour services, where some services omit stops.

Bankstown Line stations

Bankstown Line
Name of Station	Code	TravelPass Zone	Serving Suburbs	Pattern stops at this station	Connections
Town Hall	THL	Red	Sydney, Darling Harbour		Northern Line, North Shore Line, Inner West Line, Southern Line, Airport & East Hills Line, Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line, South Coast Line (peak hour only)
Wynyard	WYD	Red	Sydney, The Rocks, Millers Point		Northern Line, North Shore Line, Inner West Line, Southern Line, Airport & East Hills Line
Circular Quay	CQY	Red	Circular Quay, Sydney, The Rocks, Millers Point		Inner West Line, Southern Line, Airport & East Hills Line
St James	SAJ	Red	Sydney		Inner West Line, Southern Line, Airport & East Hills Line
Museum	MSM	Red	Sydney		Inner West Line, Southern Line, Airport & East Hills Line
Central	SBO	Red	Central, Strawberry Hills, Ultimo, Surrey Hills		Northern Line, North Shore Line, Western Line, Inner West Line, Southern Line, Airport & East Hills Line, Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line, Newcastle & Central Coast Line, Blue Mountains Line, Southern Highlands Line (peak hour only), South Coast Line
Redfern	RDF	Red	Redfern, Waterloo, Darlington, The University of Sydney		Northern Line, Western Line, Inner West Line, Southern Line, Airport & East Hills Line, Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
Erskineville	EKV	Red	Erskineville, Macdonaldtown, Newtown, Redfern
St Peters	SAP	Red	St Peters, Alexandria, Enmore
Sydenham	SDN	Red	Sydenham, Marrickville		Airport & East Hills Line (peak hours only), Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
Marrickville	MRV	Red	Marrickville, Marrickville South
Dulwich Hill	DHM	Red	Dulwich Hill, Hurlstone Park
Hurlstone Park	HPK	Red	Hurlstone Park, Canterbury
Canterbury	CTB	Red	Canterbury
Campsie	CMP	Green	Campsie
Belmore	BMR	Green	Belmore
Lakemba	LKM	Green	Lakemba
Wiley Park	WLP	Green	Wiley Park, Lakemba, Punchbowl
Punchbowl	PCB	Green	Punchbowl
Bankstown	BWU	Green	Bankstown
Yagoona	YOA	Green	Yagoona
Birrong	BRG	Green	Birrong
*Regents Park*	RGP	*Green*	Regents Park
*Berala*	BAA	*Green*	Berala
*Lidcombe*	LDC	*Green*	Lidcome		*Inner West Line, Southern Line, Western Line, Olympic Park Line*
Sefton	SFT	Yellow	Sefton
Chester Hill	CHH	Yellow	Chester Hill
Leightonfield	LHF	Pink	Leightonfield
Vilawood	VWD	Pink	Villawood
Carramar	CMR	Pink	Carramar
Cabramatta	CTT	Pink	Cabramatta		Inner West Line, Southern Line, Cumberland Line
Warwick Farm	WKF	Pink	Warwick Farm
Liverpool	LPO	Pink	Liverpool		Inner West Line, Southern Line, Cumberland Line

Stopping Patterns

Pattern 1: all stations to Lidcome (& vice-versa) (off-peak & peak) Continues on Inner West line to City. Stations on the branch to Lidcome are shown in italics.
Pattern 2: all stations to Liverpool, via Bankstown (& vice-versa) (off-peak & peak).
Pattern 3: all city circle stations, then Redfern, Sydenham, Campsie and all stations to Liverpool, via Bankstown (& vice-versa) (peak hours only).

External links

[CityRail News and Media] - Completion of the Bankstown line upgrade
[CityRail News and Media] - History of the Bankstown line

Lines of Sydney CityRail

Suburban services
Eastern Suburbs railway line, Sydney>Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line \| Bankstown Line \| Inner West Line
Airport_and_East_Hills_railway_line,_Sydney>Airport & East Hills Line \| South Line \| Cumberland Line
Western_railway_line, Sydney>Western Line \| North Shore Line \| Carlingford Line
Olympic Park railway line, Sydney>Olympic Park Line \| Northern Line
Intercity & Regional services
South Coast railway line, New South Wales>South Coast Line \| Southern Highlands Line \| Blue Mountains Line
Newcastle and Central Coast railway line, New South Wales>Newcastle & Central Coast Line \| Hunter Lines
Under Construction
Epping to Chatswood railway line, Sydney>*Epping to Chatswood line*
List of Sydney railway stations

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