Bankstown railway line

Bankstown railway line
Dulwich Hill railway station on the Bankstown railway line at left, with the parallel Metropolitan Goods railway line at right.
Overview
Status	Partially open
Owner	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Termini	Sydenham Sefton Park Junction
Stations	3 open
Service
Services	T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown
Operator(s)	Sydney Trains
History
Opened to Belmore	1 February 1895
Extended to Bankstown	14 April 1909
Connected to Sefton Park Junction	16 July 1928
Closed	30 September 2024
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead line
Route map Legend Sydney Metro Northwest to Tallawong Eastern Suburbs line to Bondi Junction North Shore line to Hornsby City Circle line 0.0 Central Airport line to Wolli Creek 1.3 Redfern Main Suburban line to Granville Waterloo 2.9 Erskineville 3.8 St Peters Sydney Metro Trains Facility South Sydenham limit of closure for Metro conversion Port Botany line to Port Botany Meeks Road Junction Illawarra line to Bomaderry 6.6 Marrickville 7.9 Dulwich Hill Wardell Road Junction Inner West Light Rail to Central 8.8 Hurlstone Park 10.2 Canterbury Canterbury Park Racecourse sidings Cooks River 11.7 Campsie Metropolitan Goods line to Chullora Junction via Enfield Yard 13.2 Belmore 14.5 Lakemba 15.3 Wiley Park 16.4 Punchbowl former Punchbowl Maintenance Depot limit of closure for Metro conversion 18.7 Bankstown 20.6 Yagoona 22.1 Birrong Southern Sydney Freight Line Main Southern line to Albury Main Southern line to Lidcombe This diagram: view talk edit

The Bankstown railway line is a suburban railway which traverses the Inner West and Canterbury-Bankstown areas of Sydney. West of Bankstown it is used by T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown services, while east of Bankstown it is temporarily closed to facilitate conversion for its future use by M1 North West & Bankstown services.^[1]