Yagoona railway station

Yagoona
Southbound view from Platform 2,
September 2012
General information
LocationHume Highway, Yagoona
Australia
Coordinates33°54′24″S 151°01′27″E / 33.90663056°S 151.0241972°E / -33.90663056; 151.0241972
Elevation42 metres (138 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)Bankstown
Distance20.56 kilometres (12.78 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pm
Station codeYOA
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened16 July 1928
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023[2]
  • 661,490 (year)
  • 1,812 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Birrong
towards Lidcombe
 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line Bankstown
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Birrong
towards Lidcombe or Liverpool
 Bankstown Line (until 2024) Bankstown
towards City Circle

Yagoona railway station is a station serving the Sydney suburb of Yagoona. It is served by Sydney Trains T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line services.

History

Yagoona station opened on 16 July 1928, when the Bankstown line was extended from Bankstown to Regents Park.[3][4]

In 2018, the NSW Government considered extending the Sydney Metro Southwest line north beyond Bankstown to Yagoona as the terminal.[5] However, due to NSW Government budgetary constraints, a lack of community support, and the future extension of the Metro line west from Bankstown to Liverpool using a new rail corridor, the proposed Yagoona Metro terminal was abandoned.

In 2020, following the NSW Legislative Council Inquiry into Sydenham to Bankstown line conversion's review of Transport for NSW plans to close stations in the west of Bankstown,[6] the NSW Government announced a Bankstown to Lidcombe shuttle service would operate in the short-term through Yagoona once Sydney Metro Southwest opened in 2024.

The station received an upgrade under the Transport Access Program that was completed in August 2022. This included replacing the station building, concourse, lift and stairs. The new lift was the first hands free lift on the Sydney rail network.[7]

Platforms and services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Bankstown [8]
2 services to Lidcombe [8]

Transit Systems NSW operates two bus routes via Yagoona station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

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. ^ Yagoona Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ "60 Years Ago" Railway Digest July 1988 page 285
  5. ^ O'Sullivan, Jacob Saulwick, Matt (20 November 2018). "'Yagoona Metro' on the cards if Bankstown proves too hard". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Sydenham-Bankstown Line conversion". parliament.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Yagoona Station Upgrade". Transport for NSW. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  8. ^ a b "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  9. ^ a b "Bus Timetables – Inner West and Western Sydney". Transit Systems | Bus Network Public Transport Operator | NSW | SA | WA | NT | UK | Singapore. Retrieved 3 September 2024.