Villawood railway station

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Villawood
Villawood Railway Station 2.JPG
Eastbound view in November 2007
General information
LocationRiver Avenue, Villawood
Coordinates 33°52′51″S150°58′34″E / 33.880790668882824°S 150.97605373821182°E / -33.880790668882824; 150.97605373821182
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Southern
Distance24.50 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleNo
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-2pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code VWD
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened8 October 1924
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 258,260 (year)
  • 708 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Carramar
towards Liverpool
Bankstown Line Leightonfield
towards City Circle

Villawood railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Villawood. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services.

Contents

History

Villawood station opened on 8 October 1924 when the Main South line was extended from Regents Park to Cabramatta. [3] [4]

To the south of the station lies the Southern Sydney Freight Line that opened in January 2013.

Platforms and services

Historically, Villawood was served by services from the city and Lidcombe operating to Liverpool. This changed in the early 2000s, when most services to Liverpool were altered to operate via Bankstown. Today Villawood is served by T3 Bankstown line services terminating at Liverpool.

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Central & the City Circle via Lidcombe 2 services on weekdays [5]
services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown [6]
2services to Liverpool 1 service on weekdays [5]
T3
services to Liverpool [6]

Transit Systems NSW operates three bus routes via Villawood station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Villawood 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. ↑ Villawood Station Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
  4. ↑ Villawood Railway Station Group Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. 1 2 "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  6. 1 2 "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. ↑ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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