Birrong railway station

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Birrong
Birrong Railway Station 1.JPG
Southbound view of the station platforms,
August 2007
General information
LocationRodd Street, Birrong
Australia
Coordinates 33°53′36″S151°01′26″E / 33.893282°S 151.023913°E / -33.893282; 151.023913
Elevation43 metres (141 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Bankstown
Distance22.11 kilometres (13.74 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code BIO
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened16 July 1928
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 415,470 (year)
  • 1,138 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Regents Park
towards Lidcombe
Lidcombe & Bankstown Line Yagoona
towards Bankstown
Former services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Regents Park
towards Lidcombe or Liverpool
Bankstown Line (1895-2024) Yagoona
towards City Circle

Birrong railway station is located on the Bankstown line, serving the Sydney suburb of Birrong. It is served by Sydney Trains T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line services.

Contents

History

Birrong station opened on 16 July 1928, when the Bankstown line was extended from Bankstown to Regents Park. [3] [4] To the north of the station lies Sefton Park Junction with services heading north to Lidcombe and west to Liverpool on the Main South line. The Bankstown-Lidcombe line also passes over the Southern Sydney Freight Line.

In 2020, following the NSW Legislative Council Inquiry into Sydenham to Bankstown line conversion's review of Transport for NSW plans to close stations in the west of Bankstown, [5] the NSW Government announced a Bankstown to Lidcombe shuttle service would operate in the short-term through Birrong once Sydney Metro Southwest opened in 2024. [6] [7]

In July 2021 an upgrade to the station was complete with a new lift and staircase. [8] [9]

Birrong is the only station in Sydney with a pre-WWII style station building that is not heritage-listed. [10]

Platforms and services

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Bankstown [11]
2
T6
services to Lidcombe [11]

Layout

Birrong lies at one vertex of a railway triangle SSFL Sefton Park Junctions.png
Birrong lies at one vertex of a railway triangle

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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. ↑ Birrong Station NSWrail.net
  4. ↑ "60 Years Ago" Railway Digest July 1988 page 285
  5. ↑ "Sydenham-Bankstown Line conversion". parliament.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  6. ↑ NSW, Transport for (5 February 2020). "Planning for rail services west of Bankstown". transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Transport for NSW. "Transport for NSW" (PDF). Future Transport Strategy 2056. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ↑ NSW, Transport for (29 May 2019). "Birrong Station Upgrade". transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Transport for NSW (5 September 2022). "Transport for NSW" (PDF). Future Transport Strategy: Our vision for transport in NSW. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Transport for NSW. "Transport for NSW" (PDF). Birrong Station Upgrade - Review of Environmental Factors. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  11. 1 2 "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
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