Regents Park railway station

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Regents Park
Regents Park Station 2019.jpg
North-east bound view of Platform 2,
January 2019
General information
LocationPark Road, Regents Park
Australia
Coordinates 33°52′59″S151°01′27″E / 33.88298611°S 151.0241694°E / -33.88298611; 151.0241694
Elevation35 metres (115 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance19.86 kilometres (12.34 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code RGP
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened11 November 1912
Rebuilt8 October 1924
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 614,040 (year)
  • 1,682 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Sefton
towards Liverpool
Liverpool & Inner West Line Berala
towards City Circle
Berala
towards Lidcombe
Lidcombe & Bankstown Line Birrong
towards Bankstown
Former services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Berala
towards Lidcombe or Liverpool
Bankstown Line (1895-2024) Birrong
towards City Circle

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. [3] It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line and T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line services.

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History

The original Regents Park station opened on 11 November 1912 when a line was built from Lidcombe. The station was moved in 1924 when the Main South line was extended to Cabramatta in an attempt to reduce overcrowding on the Main Western railway line. The new station opened on 8 October 1924, built in a characteristic standard design of this period. [4] [5] [6]

A booking and parcels office was constructed on the footbridge as part of the 1924 station. This was replaced with the present building in 1945, and later converted into a kiosk.

In 2001, a lift was installed from the footbridge down to the platform, and new canopies built connecting to the platform buildings and over the existing footbridge. [7]

Immediately south of the station lies Sefton Park Junction with services heading south to Bankstown via the Bankstown line and west to Liverpool via the Main South line. The Southern Sydney Freight Line passes beneath the junction. Until it closed in April 1966, Regents Park was the junction for a line to Potts Hill Reservoir and sidings serving an industrial complex to the north-west of the station. [6] [8]

Regents Park Station held a celebration for the centenary of the Lidcombe to Cabramatta railway on 14 October 2024 with Sydney Trains staff, Member for Auburn Lynda Voltz, and local residents. [9] [10]

Platforms and services

Historically, Regents Park was served by services from the city 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. And in 2013, regular services for Regents Park was limited to the T3 Bankstown Line between Lidcombe and City Circle via Bankstown. Today, Regents Park is served by T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line with services to City Circle and shuttle services on the T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line. [11] Regents Park is now the interchange between the T3 Line and T6 Line for commuters travelling between Liverpool and Bankstown.

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

Transdev NSW operates two bus routes via Regents Park station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Regents Park 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. ↑ Regents Park Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  4. ↑ Restore Inner West Line Restore Inner West Line
  5. ↑ Regents Park Station NSWrail.net
  6. 1 2 Regents Park Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  7. ↑ https://www.ipart.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/state_rail_authority_-_s4934.pdf [ bare URL ]
  8. ↑ "20 Years Ago" Railway Digest April 1986 page 126
  9. ↑ Voltz, Lynda (14 October 2024). "Thank you to Sydney Trains for arranging a celebration at Regents Park station today to mark the 100-year anniversary of the Lidcombe-Cabramatta Line. We were joined by local commuters as well as local Roydon Ng a passionate advocate on public transport to give us some interesting facts on the history of this rail line". Facebook. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  10. ↑ Hansard, NSW Parliament (16 October 2024). "Lidcombe to Cabramatta Line Centenary". NSW Parliament. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  11. ↑ Transport for NSW, Customer Experience Division (14 October 2024). "2024 timetable changes". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 908". Transport for NSW.
  13. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 909". Transport for NSW.
  14. ↑ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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