Berala railway station

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Berala
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General information
LocationWoodburn Road, Berala
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 South
Distance18.36 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code BEJ
Fare zoneOpal
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
Lidcombe
Terminus
 Bankstown Line Regents Park
towards City Circle

Berala railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Berala. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services. [3]

Contents

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. Today Berala is served by T3 Bankstown line services terminating at Lidcombe. With the terminus of services to Museum changed to Homebush on 20 October 2013, Platform 1 operates 2 daily City services via Strathfield and otherwise operates Lidcombe services.

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1
T3
services to Central via Strathfield 2 services on weekdays
T3
services to Lidcombe
2
T3
services to Liverpool 1 service on weekdays
T3
Central & the City Circle via Bankstown

Transdev 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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  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.
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  12. ↑ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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