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Villawood
Eastbound view in November 2007
General information
LocationRiver Avenue, Villawood
Coordinates33°52′51″S 150°58′34″E / 33.880790668882824°S 150.97605373821182°E / -33.880790668882824; 150.97605373821182
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)Main Southern
Distance24.50 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-2pm

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

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

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.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Central & the City Circle via Lidcombe 2 services on weekdays[5]
services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown[6]
2 services to Liverpool 1 service on weekdays[5]
services to Liverpool[6]

Transport links

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

Villawood station is served by one NightRide route:

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  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. ^ a b "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  6. ^ a b "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. ^ "Transdev NSW route 905". Transport for NSW.
  8. ^ "Transdev NSW route 907". Transport for NSW.
  9. ^ "Transdev NSW route S4". Transport for NSW.
  10. ^ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

External links

Transport for NSW railway stations
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