Villawood railway station
Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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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.
Villawood | |||||||||||
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 Eastbound view in November 2007 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | River Avenue, Villawood Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′51″S 150°58′34″E | ||||||||||
| Owner | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operator | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line | Main Southern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 24.50 kilometres (15.22 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am to 2pm
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| Station code | VWD | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 1924 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[1] |
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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 | services to Central & the City Circle via Regents Park | [7] | |
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| 2 | services to Liverpool |
Accessibility
Villawood station is not wheelchair-accessible,[8] and this had led to some criticism from the disabled community. It has been titled as "Sydney's Worst Train Station for Access".[9]
Transport links
Transit Systems NSW operates three bus routes via Villawood station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 905: Fairfield station to Bankstown station[10]
- 907: Parramatta station to Bankstown station[11]
- S4: Fairfield to Chester Hill shopping service[12]
Villawood station is served by one NightRide route:
