Bankstown railway station

Bankstown railway station
Details
Station Code	BNK
TfNSW Stop Number	220010
Suburb	Bankstown
Number of Platforms	2
Platform Config.	1 island
Services
Lines served	T6

Metro City & Southwest Line
Punchbowl Bankstown Terminus

Bankstown railway station is on the Bankstown Line of the Sydney Trains network. It serves the suburb of Bankstown. Entry to the station is provided on North Terrace and South Terrace in the centre of Bankstown. Located near the station on the South Terrace entrance side is the Bankstown Bus Interchange, Saigon Place and Bankstown Sports Club, and near the North Terrace entrance is Canterbury-Bankstown Council and Bankstown Central Shopping Centre.

Bankstown is staffed 24 hours everyday and is fully wheelchair accessible. Bankstown is one of a very few stations on the Sydney Trains network to have taller jump-proof Opal gates. One gateline uses these gates, while the other gateline uses the older Cityrail era gates.[1]

History

Bankstown station opened on 14 April 1909, when the Bankstown line was extended from Belmore. It served as the terminus of the line until it was extended to Regents Park on the Main South line in 1928. Opposite platform 2 lies a parcel platform that was used by Electric Parcels Vans until 1966.

In December 2013, planning approval was granted for an upgrade project including the installation of new stairs, ramps, canopies and ticket barriers. Work commenced in July 2014 and was completed by September 2015.

Metro Works[2]

In 2024 Bankstown station will become the south-western terminus of the combined Sydney Metro Northwest and City & Southwest automated rapid transit rail network (the end of a line of 31 automated metro rapid transit stations to that point, making it the biggest public transport project in the history of Australian rail) which will replace the original Bankstown railway line between Bankstown and Sydenham.

Bankstown will be upgraded to a train and metro interchange. The existing island platform will be kept for Sydney Trains services towards Lidcombe via Regents Park. It was originally proposed that the island platform would just be extended east to create two more platforms for Southwest Metro. The plan was changed in May 2020 to side platforms for the metro, with a new concourse and entrances in between the train and metro parts of the station. An underground station box will also be preserved for future extension of the metro towards Liverpool.

Artist's impression of Bankstown Interchange

Platforms and Services

Bankstown is a major station on the Bankstown line. All Bankstown line trains will stop here, with most trains timetabled to dwell for a few minutes.

There is a turnback in between the two main lines west of the station. It is rarely used, apart from a few late night Lidcombe-Bankstown shuttles. A crossover east of the station was removed over the 2021-2022 New Year shutdown to allow for metro construction.

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Notes
	T6 Line	Suburban services to Lidcombe
	Template:M1	To Tallawong	UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Map

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Transport links

Bankstown Bus Interchange

Stand	Routes	Notes
A: Transit Systems / U-Go Mobility	487: to Canterbury Station via Canterbury Road, Roselands and Campsie 922: to East Hills via Milperra 923: to Panania via Picnic Point 924: to East Hills via Panania 925: to East Hills 926: to Revesby Heights M90: to Liverpool via Milperra
B: Transit Systems / U-Go Mobility	944: to Mortdale via Peakhurst Heights 945: to Hurstville via Mortdale 960: to Sutherland via Padstow and Menai M91: to Hurstville via Padstow
D: Transit Systems / U-Go Mobility	905: to Fairfield 907: to Parramatta via Bass Hill and Woodville Road 908: to Merrylands via Regents Park and Auburn 909: to Parramatta via Birrong and Auburn 911: to Auburn via Georges Hall 940: to Hurstville via Riverwood M91: to Parramatta via Chester Hill
E: Transit Systems / U-Go Mobility	913: to Strathfield 920: to Parramatta via Lidcombe, Parramatta Road and Rosehill 925: to Lidcombe 939: to Greenacre 941: to Hurstville via Greenacre 946: to Roselands via Greenacre and Lakemba M90: to Burwood via Chullora and Strathfield
G: NightRide	N40: to City (Town Hall Station) or East Hills

T3 Bankstown Line

City Circle Town Hall, Wynyard, Circular Quay, St James, Museum, Central Redfern to Birrong ← City Circle Redfern, Erskineville, St Peters, Sydenham, Marrickville, Dulwich Hill, Hurlstone Park, Canterbury, Campsie, Belmore, Lakemba, Wiley Park, Punchbowl, Bankstown, Yagoona, Birrong Lidcombe Branch ↓ Liverpool Branch → Lidcombe Branch Regents Park, Berala, Lidcombe Terminus ← Liverpool Branch Sefton, Chester Hill, Leightonfield, Villawood, Carramar, Cabramatta, Warwick Farm, Liverpool Terminus ← Fleet B set (Waratah Series 2) - A set (Waratah) - M set (Millennium) - K set Line details - Sydney Trains