Berala railway station

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Berala
Berala railway station 2022.jpg
North-east bound view from Platform 1,
October 2022
General information
LocationWoodburn Road, Berala
Australia
Coordinates 33°52′19″S151°01′56″E / 33.871865°S 151.032212°E / -33.871865; 151.032212
Elevation25 metres (82 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance18.36 kilometres (11.41 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am to 7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code BEJ
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened11 November 1912
Rebuilt6 December 1924
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 895,480 (year)
  • 2,453 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Regents Park
towards Liverpool
Liverpool & Inner West Line Lidcombe
towards City Circle
Lidcombe
Terminus
 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line Regents Park
towards Bankstown
Former services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Lidcombe
towards Lidcombe or Liverpool
Bankstown Line (until 2024) Regents Park
towards City Circle

Berala railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Berala. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line and T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line services. [3]

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History

The original Berala station opened on 11 November 1912 when a line opened from Lidcombe to Regents Park. When it was decided to extend the line from Regents Park to Cabramatta as a branch of the Main South line, a deviation was built and a new Berala station opened on 6 December 1924. [4] [5] The NSW Government originally proposed the current alignment of the railway be without rail bridges over Vaughan St and Kerrs Road prompting a Lidcomobe Council led community backlash in the early 1920s. [6]

An accessibility upgrade, including lift access to the station, was announced in 2015. [7] As of August 2017 Berala Station is now wheelchair accessible by way of lift.

In February 2018, during a Cumberland City Council meeting Councillor Kun Huang cited historical NSW Government land subdivision posters [8] outlining direct train services from Berala to Sydney (via Lidcombe) in the 1930s had a journey time of 22 minutes. [9]

The NSW Government changes to train services have generally lacked community support from Berala commuters, with resentment from the removal of direct services to City Circle and Liverpool via Regents Park in 2013 as well as opposition to the Sydney Metro Southwest project due to the removal of alternative route to City Circle via Bankstown and Sydenham. [10]

Platforms and services

Historically Berala was served by services from the City Circle and Lidcombe operating to Bankstown and Liverpool on an alternate basis. This changed in the early 2000s, when most services to Liverpool were altered to operate via Bankstown. With the terminus of services to Museum changed to Homebush on 20 October 2013, Platform 1 operated two daily City services via Strathfield and otherwise operated Lidcombe services. Since 19 October 2024, Berala is served by T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line with services to City Circle and shuttle services on the T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line. [11]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Central & the City Circle via Lidcombe
T6
services to Lidcombe
2
T3
services to Liverpool via Regents Park
T6
services to Bankstown

Transit Systems NSW operates one bus route via Berala station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Berala station is served by one NightRide route:

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References

  1. ↑ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. ↑ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  4. ↑ "Berala Station". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Berala Railway Station Group". New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage. 2009. 4800211. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Municipality of Lidcombe. "Lidcombe Triennial Report 1920 to 1922 D" (PDF). Cumberland City Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Budget delivers more accessible public transport". Transport for NSW. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  8. ↑ Line, Restore Inner West (12 November 2017). "Berala needs our trains back! The 1930s had better services!". Restore Inner West Line. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Archive | Cumberland City Council Meetings Webcast". webcast.cumberland.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  10. ↑ NSW Department of Planning and Environment (September 2018). "SYDENHAM TO BANKSTOWN SUBMISSIONS REPORT". NSW Planning Portal. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  11. ↑ Transport for NSW, Customer Experience Division (14 October 2024). "2024 timetable changes". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
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