Villawood railway station

Villawood
Eastbound view in November 2007
General information
Location	River Avenue, Villawood Australia
Coordinates	33°52′51″S 150°58′34″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Southern
Distance	24.50 kilometres (15.22 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	No
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am-2pm Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed
Station code	VWD
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	8 October 1924
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023[2]	258,260 (year) 708 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Carramar towards Liverpool Liverpool & Inner West Line Leightonfield towards City Circle

Villawood railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Main Southern railway line in the Sydney suburb of Villawood. It is served by Sydney Trains' T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.

History

Villawood station opened on 8 October 1924 when the Main Southern railway line was extended from Regents Park to Cabramatta.[3][4]

To the south of the station lies the Southern Sydney Freight Line, which opened in January 2013.

Platforms and services

Historically, eastbound services connected Villawood to the City Circle via Lidcombe and the Main Suburban railway line. Between 2013 and 2024, eastbound services from Villawood to the City Circle ran only via an alternate route along the Bankstown railway line.[5] Following the partial closure of the Bankstown railway line for Sydney Metro conversion in 2024, this situation reverted. Now eastbound services from Villawood operate to the City Circle via Lidcombe again, branded as the T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line.[6]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T3	services to Central & the City Circle via Regents Park	[7]
2	T3	services to Liverpool

Transport links

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

• 905: Fairfield station to Bankstown station[8]
• 907: Parramatta station to Bankstown station[9]
• S4: Fairfield to Chester Hill shopping service[10]

Villawood station is served by one NightRide route:

• N50: Liverpool station to Town Hall station[11]

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. Transport for NSW (December 2020). "West of Bankstown rail services in 2024". NSW Government. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
6. Transport for NSW (October 2024). "Train and bus timetable changes FAQs: 2024 train and bus timetable" (PDF). NSW Government. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
7. "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
8. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
9. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
10. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
11. "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

External links

• Media related to Vilawood railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Villawood station details Transport for New South Wales