Green Square railway station

Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

33°54′22″S 151°12′09″E / 33.9061°S 151.2026°E / -33.9061; 151.2026Owned byAirport Link CompanyOperated byAirport Link CompanyLine(s)AirportDistance2.60 kilometres south from CentralPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeUndergroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatus
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 5am-11.30pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 5am-11.30pmStation codeGQEWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened21 May 2000ElectrifiedYesPassengers2023[2]
  • 5,956,460 (year)
  • 16,319 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Mascot
towards Macarthur
 Airport & South Line Central
towards City Circle

Green Square railway station is located on the Airport line in the locality of Green Square. The station is situated at a five-way intersection which is the meeting point of the four suburbs, Alexandria, Zetland, Waterloo and Beaconsfield. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South line services.

History

Green Square station opened on 21 May 2000 when the Airport line opened from Central to Wolli Creek.[3] Like other stations on the line, Green Square was built and is operated by the Airport Link Company as part of a public–private partnership.[4]

Prior to March 2011, passengers were required to pay an access fee to use the station. The access fee was removed after the State Government reached an agreement with the Airport Link Company to pay the fee at Green Square and Mascot stations on behalf of passengers.[5] Patronage increased by around 70% at the two stations in the months following the removal of the fee.[6] By 2018, patronage was growing at an annual rate of around 25 percent, leading to overcrowding at peak times.[7]

Green Square station featured in the music video clip for Marvin Priest's "Own This Club".

Platforms and services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
T8
 services to Central & the City Circle [8]
2
T8
 services to Revesby & Macarthur
2 weekday evening peak services to Campbelltown		 [8]

Station layout

G Street level Exit/Entrance to O'Riordan Street and Botany Road
M Mezzanine
C Concourse Fare control, Platform access
P
Platform level 		Side platform
Outbound →
T8
toward Revesby and Macarthur (Mascot)
Inbound ←
T8
toward Central and City Circle (Central) ←
Side platform


References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Green Square Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Train fares to fall at two stations Sydney Morning Herald 2 March 2011
  5. ^ Green Square and Mascot commuters to save $17 a week CityRail 2 March 2011
  6. ^ "Budget Estimates Committee hearing transcript" (PDF). 25 October 2011. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  7. ^ O'Sullivan, Matt (21 November 2018). "'Transport mess': Passengers at one Sydney station nearly double in three years". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. ^ a b "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.

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