Punchbowl railway station

Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

33°55′31″S 151°03′20″E / 33.9254°S 151.0556°E / -33.9254; 151.0556Elevation39 metres (128 ft)Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated bySydney TrainsLine(s)BankstownDistance16.45 kilometres from CentralPlatforms2 (1 island)Tracks2Connections BusConstructionStructure typeGroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatus
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pmStation codePCBWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened14 April 1909ElectrifiedYesPassengers2023[2]
  • 1,092,020 (year)
  • 2,992 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Bankstown
towards Lidcombe or Liverpool
 Bankstown Line Wiley Park
towards City Circle
Future service
Preceding station Sydney Metro Following station
Bankstown
Terminus
 Metro North West Line Wiley Park
towards Tallawong

Punchbowl railway station is located on the Bankstown line, serving the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services.

History

Punchbowl station opened on 14 April 1909, when the Bankstown line was extended from Belmore to Bankstown.[3][4]

Until it closed in the early 1990s, the Punchbowl Maintenance Depot lay to the north-west of the station.

As part of the conversion to Sydney Metro, the station received an accessibility upgrade and a lift in 2023.

Platforms and services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
T3
 services to Central & the City Circle [5]
2
T3
 services to Lidcombe & Liverpool via Bankstown [5]

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. ^ Punchbowl Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Punchbowl Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ^ a b "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.

External links

  • Media related to Punchbowl railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Punchbowl station details Transport for New South Wales
  • Punchbowl Metro station Sydney Metro
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  • Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
  • Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service


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