Villawood railway station, Sydney

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Villawood
Bankstown Line
Inner West Line
Station code VWD
Suburb Villawood
Street(s) River Ave
Distance from Central Station 24.50 km
Altitude (above sea level)  ? m
Types of stopping trains Suburban all stops
Suburban limited 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 Handicapped/disabled access No
Station facilities Link

Villawood is a minor railway station on the CityRail Inner West railway line, Sydney. It serves the Sydney suburb of Villawood, a residential area with some industry. It has an island platform, built with the opening of the line. Under the Southern Sydney Freight Line project, a third track will be built by 2008 to carry freight trains separately from the passenger lines.

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[edit] Platforms/Service

The station is serviced by up to 2 trains per hour in each direction on the Inner West Line during peak hours and at night on weekdays, and 2 trains per hour on the Bankstown Line all day. This makes 4 trains per hour in each direction during peak hours and at night on weekdays, and 2 trains per hour in each direction outside these times. The trains are not evenly spaced. There are additional trains in peak hours.

Platform 1:

  • Bankstown Line - all stations and limited stops services to Bankstown, Central and the City Circle (anti-clockwise).
  • Inner West Line - all stations and limited stops services to Lidcombe, Central and the City Circle (clockwise).

Platform 2:

[edit] Accessibility

The station has an overhead footbridge connected to the platforms by stairs. Thus the station does not qualify as having Easy Access for wheelchairs.

[edit] Transport Links

Two Veolia Transport routes operate via Villawood Place, a short walk from Villawood station:

One NightRide route operates via Villawood station:

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

[edit] Gallery

[edit] Trackplan

Track arrangement at Villawood, showing distance from Sydney Central.
Track arrangement at Villawood, showing distance from Sydney Central.


Preceding Station
(inbound)
Line Following Station
(outbound)
Leightonfield
Bankstown Line
Carramar
Leightonfield
Inner West Line
Carramar