Mascot railway station

Mascot
Airport & East Hills Line
Station code MCO
Suburb Mascot
Street(s) Bourke Road
Church Road
Distance from Central Station 5.19 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 2 Side
Type of station Underground
Ticket barriers Yes
Transfers available Bus
Disabled access Yes
Station facilities Link

Mascot (also known as Mascot Suburban to avoid confusion with the neighbouring airport stations) is the second station from the city on the Airport branch of the CityRail Airport and East Hills line in Sydney. It is located in the business area of the suburb of Mascot and was opened along with the rest of the Airport branch in May 2000. The concourse of Mascot station contains the Mascot Operations Room, which is responsible for operation of the four privately operated stations on the Airport Line.[1]. The station seating is of a different design to the rest of the CityRail network-wide standard, with Street Furniture supplying the "Park Slim Bench"[2]

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History

Like other stations on this line, Mascot was built and is operated by a private company as part of a Public Private Partnership. Before March 2011, station users were required to pay a small access fee ("Gatepass") to use the station. The NSW Government reached an agreement with the station operator to pay the access fees at Mascot and Green Square on behalf of passengers.[3] Patronage increased by around 70% at the two stations in the months following the removal of the fee.[4]

Platforms and services

The station serves trains on the Airport & East Hills Line. Services runs approximately every 10–15 minutes in each direction.

The station is served by four to six trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.

Platform Line Stopping Pattern Notes
Airport & East Hills Line All stations services to Central and the City Circle
Airport & East Hills Line All stations and limited stops services to Kingsgrove, Revesby, Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur via the Airport

Transport links

Sydney Buses runs two routes via Mascot station:


See also

Preceding station   CityRail   Following station
towards Macarthur
 Airport and East Hills Line
towards Central

References

  1. ^ The Opening of Sydney's New Southern Railway, Transit Australia, Vol 55 no 7, July 2000.
  2. ^ [1] Street Furniture. 12 December 2011.
  3. ^ Green Square and Mascot commuters to save $17 a week CityRail. 2 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Budget Estimates Committee hearing transcript". October 25, 2011. pp. 11. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/0/a966fd9e1deb4e33ca2579350019758c/$FILE/20111025_Transport.pdf#page=10. Retrieved November 15, 2011.