Villawood railway station

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Villawood
Villawood Railway Station 2.JPG
Eastbound view in November 2007
General information
LocationRiver Avenue, Villawood
Australia
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 (15.22 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleNo
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am to 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.svg Sydney Trains Following station
Carramar
towards Liverpool
Liverpool & Inner West Line Leightonfield
towards City Circle
Location
Villawood railway station

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.

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History

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

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

Platforms and services

Historically, eastbound services connected Villawood to the City Circle via Lidcombe and the Main Suburban railway line. Between 2013 and 2024, eastbound services from Villawood to the City Circle ran only via an alternate route along the Bankstown railway line. [5] Following the partial closure of the Bankstown railway line for Sydney Metro conversion in 2024, this situation reverted. Now eastbound services from Villawood operate to the City Circle via Lidcombe again, branded as the T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line. [6]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Central & the City Circle via Regents Park [7]
2
T3
services to Liverpool

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

Villawood station is served by one NightRide route:

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. Transport for NSW (December 2020). "West of Bankstown rail services in 2024". NSW Government . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  6. Transport for NSW (October 2024). "Train and bus timetable changes FAQs: 2024 train and bus timetable" (PDF). NSW Government . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  7. "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  9. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  10. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  11. "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.