Regents Park railway station, Sydney

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Regents Park

Bankstown Line
Inner West Line
Station code	RGP
Suburb	Regents Park
Street(s)	Park Rd
Distance from Central Station	19.86 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	1 Island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

Regents Park is a railway station on the Inner West Line and the loop portion of the Bankstown Line of Sydney's CityRail network. It serves the suburb of Regents Park.

Platform 1 connects with the Up Local to the City Circle via Strathfield.

Platform 2 serves Liverpool-bound trains via Regents Park, and City Circle bound trains that travel on the Bankstown Line via Bankstown and Sydenham.

1 Timetable prior to 4th September 2005
2 Timetable after 4th September 2005 (inclusive)
3 Platforms/Service
4 Accessibility
5 Transport Links
6 Layout
7 Clearways Project

[edit] Timetable prior to 4th September 2005

Platform 1: Trains to the City Circle via Strathfield depart approximately every 15 minutes. All stations trains from Bankstown take approximately 38 minutes to reach Central Station and depart at approximately 5 past or 35 past the hour during weekdays. Limited stops trains from Liverpool, running All Stations to Ashfield, then Redfern, and all stations to City Circle via Town Hall take approximately 30 minutes to reach Central and depart quarter-past or quarter-to the hour. The exact stopping pattern for ex-Liverpool trains can vary from train to train.

Platform 2: Liverpool-bound trains via Regents Park, and City Circle bound trains that travel on the Bankstown Line via Bankstown each have frequencies of approximately half-hourly and each destination/service alternates.

[edit] Timetable after 4th September 2005 (inclusive)

Platform 1: During Weekday Morning Peak (before 10 am), Afternoon Peak (after 2 pm) and Weekday Evening/Night trains to the City Circle via Strathfield depart approximately every 15 minutes. During Morning Peak, stopping patterns alternate between Limited Stops and All Stations services. During Afternoon Peak and Evening, services are all stations. During Weekday Interpeak and Weekends, an all stations service operates every half hour, ex-Bankstown. All stations trains from Bankstown take approximately 38 minutes to reach Central Station.

Platform 2: During Weekday Morning Peak (before 10 am), Afternoon Peak (after 2 pm) and Weekday Evening/Night trains to the Liverpool-bound trains via Regents Park, and City Circle bound trains that travel on the Bankstown Line via Bankstown each have frequencies of approximately half-hourly and each destination/service alternates. During Weekday Interpeak and Weekends, a City Circle-bound all stations service operates every half hour, travelling on the Bankstown Line via Bankstown.

platform

entrance

[edit] Platforms/Service

Platform 1:

■Bankstown Line - all stations services to Lidcombe.

■Inner West Line - all stations services to Lidcombe, Central and the City Circle (clockwise).

Platform 2:

■Bankstown Line - all stations services to Bankstown, Central and the City Circle via Sydenham.

■Inner West Line - all stations services to Liverpool.

[edit] Accessibility

The station platform is connected with the adjacent street by stairs and a lift and therefore is Easy Access for wheelchairs.

[edit] Transport Links

Veolia Transport runs two routes via Regents Park railway station:

Route 908 - Between Bankstown and Merrylands.
Route 909 - Between Bankstown and Parramatta.

NightRide runs one route via Regents Park railway station:

Route N50 - Between Liverpool and City(Town Hall).

[edit] Layout

Regents Park lies at one vertex of a railway triangle

[edit] Clearways Project

The so-called Bankstown circle service which operates through Regents Park via Strathfield and via Sydenham is actually an operational nuisance when trying to operate a memory timetable at 15 minute intervals. The problem is that the running time around the circle is rarely an exact multiple of 15 minutes. The solution proposed by the Clearways Project is to break the circle at Homebush and Lidcombe so that trains will shuttle between Homebush via Strathfield, City Circle, Sydenham, Bankstown, Regents Park and Lidcombe. The shuttle times can be rounded up to the next multiple of 15 minutes by adjusting the turnback times at Lidcome and Homebush.