Birrong | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southbound view of the station platforms, August 2007 | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Rodd Street, Birrong Australia | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°53′36″S151°01′26″E / 33.893282°S 151.023913°E | ||||||||||||
Elevation | 43 metres (141 ft) | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||
Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Bankstown | ||||||||||||
Distance | 22.11 kilometres (13.74 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Status |
Staffed: 6am to 7pm
| ||||||||||||
Station code | BIO | ||||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 16 July 1928 | ||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2023 [1] |
| ||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
|
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.
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]
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | services to Bankstown | [11] | |
---|---|---|---|
2 | services to Lidcombe | [11] |
The Rail Clearways Programme was conceived in 2004 with the aim of easing congestion of Sydney's suburban railway network, by reducing the amount of infrastructure shared by multiple services. The disparate projects at pinch points throughout the network were designed to increase passenger capacity and improve reliability. All projects were delivered by the Transport Construction Authority until it was subsumed in November 2011 by Transport for New South Wales. A new timetable was introduced in October 2013 that realised the benefit of many of the projects, and by January 2014—the programme was complete.
Sefton railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern railway line in the Sydney suburb of Sefton. It is served by Sydney Trains' T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.
Chester Hill railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern railway line in the Sydney suburb of Chester Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains' T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.
Bankstown railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Bankstown railway line in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown. It is currently the southern terminus of T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown services, and will in future be the southwestern terminus of M1 Metro North West & Bankstown services.
Lidcombe railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Suburban line, serving the Sydney suburb of Lidcombe. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western, T2 Leppington & Inner West, T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line, T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line and T7 Olympic line services.
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.
Carramar railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern railway line in the Sydney suburb of Carramar. It is served by Sydney Trains' T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.
Leightonfield 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.
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.
Birrong, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 22 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney region.
Yagoona railway station is a station serving the Sydney suburb of Yagoona. It is served by Sydney Trains T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line services.
Erskineville railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Illawarra railway line in the Sydney suburb of Erskineville. It is served by Sydney Trains' T8 Airport & South services.
Regents Park railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Regents Park. The station is heritage-listed in the state heritage register for New South Wales. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line and T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line services.
Sydney, the largest city in Australia, has an extensive network of passenger and goods railways. The first railway line in Sydney opened in 1855, becoming part of the Main Suburban railway line and laying the foundation for future expansion.
Sydney Trains is the brand name and operator of suburban and intercity train services in and around Greater Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.
The Bankstown railway line is a suburban railway which traverses the Inner West and Canterbury-Bankstown areas of Sydney. West of Bankstown it is used by T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown services, while east of Bankstown it is temporarily closed to facilitate conversion for its future use by M1 North West & Bankstown services.
Sydney Metro City & Southwest is a 30-kilometre (19 mi) rapid transit construction project in Sydney, Australia. The project will extend the Metro North West & Bankstown Line from Chatswood on the North Shore, to Bankstown in the city's southwest via the Sydney central business district. The line is part of the Sydney Metro system. Its first phase, Sydney Metro City, opened on 19 August 2024.
The Metro North West & Bankstown Line is a rapid transit rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The first and currently only line on the Sydney Metro network, it commenced operation on 26 May 2019, originally running between Tallawong and Chatswood, before the line was extended on 19 August 2024 to Sydenham. The line will be extended to Bankstown in 2025.
The Lidcombe & Bankstown Line is a commuter rail service operated by Sydney Trains in Sydney, Australia. The service runs between Lidcombe and Bankstown via the Main Southern railway line and the Bankstown railway line.
The Liverpool & Inner West Line is a commuter rail service operated by Sydney Trains in the Inner West and Western suburbs of Sydney. It operates from the City Circle to Liverpool via the Main Suburban railway line to Lidcombe and the Main Southern railway line from there to Liverpool.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)