Penrith railway station, Sydney

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Penrith
Blue Mountains Line
Western Line
Station code	PNR
Suburb	Penrith
Street(s)	Jane St
Distance from Central Station	55.09 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops Suburban limited stops Intercity CountryLink
Number of platforms	3
Number of tracks	3
Platform arrangement	1 Island 1 Side
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	Yes
Transfers available	Bus (interchange) Train Taxi (rank)
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

Penrith is a railway station on the CityRail network in New South Wales, Australia. Located in the Sydney suburb of Penrith, the station serves as a major interchange between Western line, Blue Mountains line trains. Western-bound CountryLink XPT and Xplorer services also stop here. Penrith station serves passengers from surrounding suburbs, including Penrith, Lemongrove, Glenmore Park, Mulgoa, Wallacia, Warragamba, Regentville, Jamisontown, South Penrith, Mt Pleasant, Cranebrook & Castlereagh.

Many people from other suburbs which have stations other than Penrith located closer to them also choose to use Penrith station due to the Intercity and Western-bound services available. Residents from areas such as the Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Penrith suburbs such as Kingswood, Werrington, St Marys, St Clair, Erskine Park and surrounding suburbs often do this and have subsequent bus connections to the station. As a result, Penrith Station is somewhat of a hub for the wider Western Sydney region. There is a large commuter carpark with 875 spaces provided by Cityrail. ^[1]

Contents 1 Platforms/Service 2 Bus Services 3 Trackplan 4 Proposed fast rail link 5 See also 6 Neighbouring stations 7 References

[edit] Platforms/Service

Platform 1:

• Western Line - terminating services, all stations services to Central, then to Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby or Berowra via the North Shore Line.

Platform 2:

• Blue Mountains Line - intercity services to Central.
• Western Line - all stations and limited stops services to Central, then to Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby or Berowra via the North Shore Line.

Platform 3:

• Countrylink Western - country services to Dubbo (1 per day) and Broken Hill (1 per week).
• Blue Mountains Line - intercity services to Springwood, Katoomba, Mt Victoria and Lithgow.
• Western Line - services to Emu Plains.

[edit] Bus Services

Penrith Station Bus Interchange

Westbus

• 673 - to Windsor.
• 677 - to Richmond.
• 678 - to Richmond.
• 781 - to St Marys.
• 782 - to St Marys.
• 784 - to Cranebrook.
• 785 - to Kingswood.
• 786 - to Cranebrook.
• 789 - to Luddenham.
• 790 - to St Marys.
• 791 - to South Penrith.
• 794 - to Jamisontown.
• 795 - to Warragamba.
• 797 - to Glenmore Park.
• 798 - to Glenmore Park.
• 835 - to Liverpool.
• N1 - to Glenmore Park.
• N2 - to South Penrith.
• N3 - to Cranebrook.

NightRide

• N70 - to Town Hall.

Blue Mountains Bus Company

[edit] Trackplan

[edit] Proposed fast rail link

First introduced in 2004 by a consortium of Dutch bank ABN AMRO and developer Leighton Holdings, the project dubbed the Penrith High Speed Link, known officially as Western FastRail, ^[2] was reproposed in December 2006 and received approving comments by the NSW State Government, and was offered funding by Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd should the Australian Labor Party win the 2007 Federal Election.^[3]

The $2 billion Western FastRail project will involve a tunnel being built between Parramatta and the Sydney CBD. It will shrink times from Penrith to the city to 28 minutes (presently 55 minutes), Penrith to Parramatta to 17 minutes (presently 25 minutes) and Penrith to Blacktown to 11 minutes (presently 15 minutes). The plan would not only assist the commuters of Penrith however, but the entire Western Suburbs of Sydney (40% of Sydney's population), which as an area, is accursed with longer commute times than any other part of Sydney. It would also reduce the car dependency that is characteristic of this region.

[edit] See also

• Railways in Sydney
• CityRail

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Blacktown	Blue Mountains Line	Emu Plains
Kingswood	Western Line (Via Emu Plains)	Emu Plains

Preceding station		CountryLink		Following station
Katoomba towards Dubbo	CountryLink Western Dubbo XPT			Blacktown towards Sydney
	CountryLink Western Broken Hill Outback Xplorer			Parramatta towards Sydney

[edit] References

• Penrith railway station, Sydney is at coordinates 33°45′00″S 150°41′46″E / -33.75006944, 150.6961917 (Penrith railway station, Sydney)Coordinates: 33°45′00″S 150°41′46″E / -33.75006944, 150.6961917 (Penrith railway station, Sydney)