Doonside railway station

Doonside railway station is located on the Main Western railway, and is 38.3km from Sydney CBD. It serves the suburbs of Bungarribee, Woodcroft and Doonside. The station consists of 2 Islands (forming 4 platforms), accessed via an overhead footbridge. Doonside is serviced by T1 Western line trains in both directions.

Doonside is staffed from 6:00am to 7:00pm on weekdays, and 8:00am to 4:00pm on weekends and public holidays.

History
Doonside station opened on 27 September 1880.

It was renamed Wolkara on 1 February 1921, before reverting to Doonside 12 days later. The station was rebuilt in the 1950s when the Main Western railway line was electrified.

Platforms and Services
As of September 7th 2019, Doonside railway station receives 3 to 4 trains per hour each direction, with additional services during peak hour (0700-0900hrs and 1600-1830hrs). On weekends the station sees a train every ~15 minutes each direction. These times are consistent for most of the day.

During off-peak, evenings and weekends, two of the four westbound services per hour terminate at Penrith, whilst the remaining trains cross the Nepean river to terminate at Emu Plains.

