Bankstown railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the

Bankstown railway line The Bankstown railway line is a suburban railway which traverses the Inner West (Sydney), Inner West and Canterbury-Bankstown areas of Sydney. West of it is used by Lidcombe & Bankstown Line, T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown services, while east of Bank ...

in the

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suburb of

Bankstown Bankstown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 19 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Canterbury-Bankstown region. Bankstown is the administrative centre ...

. It is currently the southern terminus of T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown services, and will in future be the southwestern terminus of M1 Metro North West & Bankstown services.

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

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on the

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in 1928. Opposite platform 2 lies a parcel platform that was used by Electric Parcels Vans until 1966. The station was upgraded in 1998 and received a lift to the platform and canopies. 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 completed in 2015.

Sydney Metro City and Southwest

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is currently extending the

Sydney Metro Sydney Metro is a fully automated rapid transit rail system in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It currently consists of the Metro North West & Bankstown Line, running between Tallawong and Sydenham and consisting of 21 stations on of t ...

to Bankstown, with a very delayed opening date of 2026. Before the extension opens, the line between Bankstown and

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will close, so that the nine intermediate stations can be converted for driverless Metro operation. Sydney Trains continues to run services between Bankstown station and the

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to the west. As part of the project, Bankstown station will be upgraded to have an additional at-grade station entrance at the eastern end of the existing platforms, which will align with The Appian Way and Restwell Street. The new entrance will also provide access to Sydney Metro platforms, which will be built east of the new entrance over the road connection between North and South Terraces. The existing station entrance will be retained and the existing platforms is proposed to be retained and extended westwards. The former parcels office, as well as a crossover at the eastern end of the station, will be removed for construction.

Platforms and services

Prior to the closure of the Bankstown line, services operated in a loop from the city via

to Bankstown, then on to

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, returning to the city via

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and the Main Suburban line and vice versa. Alternate trains on the line were extended to Liverpool station and trains to Lidcombe no longer return via Strathfield. Further back, there were also limited services to

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via a loop connection to the Main Western line near Lidcombe. Services operated to Lidcombe and Liverpool on an alternate basis until 30 September 2024. To the west of the station, lies a

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to allow trains to terminate. This facility was only used by a few trains each night and during trackwork, as no trains were scheduled to terminate at Bankstown at other times. Since 19 October 2024, services consist of 4-car trains running a shuttle service known as the T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line to Lidcombe only. However, from 27 April to 29 June 2025, the T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line will be closed for nine weeks to allow eight carriage trains to run to Bankstown.

Transport links

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operates nine bus routes via Bankstown station: *487: to

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*905: to Fairfield station *907: to Parramatta station *908: to Merrylands station *909: to Parramatta station *911: to Auburn station *913: to Strathfield station *920: to Parramatta station *

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: Liverpool station to

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* M91: Parramatta station to

Hurstville Hurstville is a suburb in Southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is south of the Sydney central business district, Sydney CBD and is part of the St George, New South Wales, St George area. Hurstville is the administrative centre of ...

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operates 12 bus routes via Bankstown station: *922: to East Hills *923: to

Panania Panania (), a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 23 kilometres inner south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney ...

*924: to East Hills *925:

to East Hills *926: to

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(to

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weekdays off peak only) *939: to

Greenacre Greenacre is a suburb in Sydney, located 20 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Most of Greenacre is in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, while a part ...

*940: to Hurstville station *941: to Hurstville station *944: to

Mortdale Mortdale is a suburb located in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mortdale is located 20 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George, New South Wales, St George area. Mortda ...

*945: to Hurstville station *946: to

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*960: to Sutherland station Bankstown station is served by one NightRide route: *N40: East Hills station to Town Hall station

Trackplan

References

External links

Bankstown station details
Transport for New South Wales
Bankstown Station Public Transport Map
Transport for NSW
Bankstown Metro station
Sydney Metro {{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, Lidcombe & Bankstown=y, M=y Bankstown, New South Wales Easy Access railway stations in Sydney Railway stations in Australia opened in 1909 Bankstown railway line