Villawood railway station
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Villawood | |||||||||||
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 Eastbound view in November 2007 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | River Avenue, Villawood | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′51″S 150°58′34″E / 33.880790668882824°S 150.97605373821182°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Southern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 24.50 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am-2pm
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| Station code | VWD | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 1924 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | |||||||||||
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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.
History
[edit]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
[edit]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.
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Central & the City Circle via Lidcombe | 2 services on weekdays[5] | |
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| services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown | [6] | ||
| 2 | services to Liverpool | 1 service on weekdays[5] | |
| services to Liverpool | [6] |
Transport links
[edit]Transit Systems NSW operates three bus routes via Villawood station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 905: Fairfield station to Bankstown station[7]
- 907: Parramatta station to Bankstown station[8]
- S4: Fairfield to Chester Hill shopping service[9]
Villawood station is served by one NightRide route:
References
[edit]- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Villawood Station Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
- ^ Villawood Railway Station Group Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ a b "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Vilawood railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Villawood station details Transport for New South Wales
