Inner West & Leppington Line

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"Airport, Inner West & South Line" redirects here. For the current line between Macarthur and the city via Revesby, see Airport & South Line.

T2 Inner West & Leppington Line

A Sydney Trains A set at Glenfield.
Overview
Service type	Commuter rail service
Status	Operational
Locale	Sydney, New South Wales
Predecessor	Inner West (1999–2013) South (1999–2013) Airport, Inner West & South (2013–17)
First service	26 November 2017
Current operator(s)	Sydney Trains
Route
Start	City Circle
Stops	37
End	Leppington, Parramatta
Line(s) used	City Circle Main Suburban Old Main South Main South South West Rail Link
On-board services
Disabled access	Yes
Technical
Rolling stock	S, K, C, M and A sets[citation needed]
Track gauge	Standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead 1500V DC[1]
Track owner(s)	RailCorp
Timetable number(s)	T2
Sydney Trains services North Shore, Northern & Western Inner West & Leppington Bankstown Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Cumberland Carlingford Olympic Park Airport & South v t e

The Inner West & Leppington Line (numbered T2, coloured light blue) is a commuter rail service operated by Sydney Trains, serving the inner west and south-western regions of Sydney, Australia. Consisting 37 stops, the service commences from the City Circle, then heads west to Granville. The line branches at this point; services either head northwest to Parramatta or south to Leppington. A third terminus at Homebush is used when the part-time Parramatta branch isn't operating. The line commenced operations on 26 November 2017, replacing the T2 Airport, Inner West & South Line.

Contents

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  1 History
  
  • 
    1.1 Current line
    
  
  


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  2 Route
  
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    2.1 Stations
    
  
  
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    2.2 Patronage
    
  
  


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  3 See also
  


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  4 References
  

History

T2 Airport, Inner West & South Line
	Original route (October 2013 to December 2015) Branch to Leppington added (December 2015 to November 2017)

Following the 2011 state election, the newly-elected O'Farrell government embarked on reform of transport in New South Wales, and created a new organisation, Transport for NSW, in November of that year. This was followed up with another government reform, which saw Sydney Trains take over operation of the Sydney suburban rail network from CityRail in July 2013.

Transport for NSW developed a new rail timetable and branding, which was put into effect on 20 October 2013. This saw three of CityRail's lines - the Airport & East Hills Line (Macarthur - City via Sydney Airport or Sydenham), the Inner West Line (Liverpool or Bankstown - City via Regents Park) and the South Line (Campbelltown - City via Granville) - merged together to form the Airport, Inner West & South Line. A new numbering system was also introduced and the new line was given the number T2. The 2013 timetable was designed to integrate the projects of the Rail Clearways Program, a 2004 plan to divide the network's fourteen metropolitan rail lines into five independent "clearways" by installing extra tracks, passing loops, turnouts and turnbacks at pinch points around the network.^[2] By 2013, the Rail Clearways Program was substantially complete. At the same time, the delivery of 78 new Waratah trains was almost complete as well.

During the CityRail era, the Airport & East Hills Line was through-routed with the South Line, and the Inner West Line formed a loop with the Bankstown Line. A substantial change introduced by the 2013 timetable was the abolition of Bankstown loop services and most Liverpool via Regents Park services. These changes were made possible by Rail Clearways projects to construct new turnbacks at Homebush and Lidcombe. This allowed the operation of the Inner West and Bankstown lines to be separated, freeing up capacity between Lidcombe and Homebush for use by other services. However, the changes attracted criticism due to the increased number of interchanges and increase in travel time for passengers for all stations between Carramar/Berala and Birrong.^[3][4]

The former T2 line added a branch to Leppington on 13 December 2015, replacing a temporary shuttle service to Liverpool.^[5]

Current line

A new Sydney Trains timetable was introduced on 26 November 2017. The former T2 line was split in two. The new T2 consists of services from Leppington to the city via Granville, with a branch to Parramatta being added. A new T8 line provides services from Macarthur to the city via Sydney Airport or Sydenham.^[6] The new T2 is coloured light blue - a similar colour to CityRail's South Line. The T8 inherited the green line colour from the old T2, which was itself derived from the colour of CityRail's Airport & East Hills Line.^[7]

T5 services were modified to no longer travel to and from Campbelltown, instead starting and terminating at Leppington.^[8] These changes mean the section of the network between Glenfield and Macarthur is served exclusively by services operating via the East Hills railway line.^[8][9][10]

Route

Services on the Inner West & Leppington Line commence by taking the City Circle (generally in an anti-clockwise direction) and then the Main Suburban railway line to a junction west of Granville. Here the line splits, with all-stations services taking the Main Western line a short distance to Parramatta. Limited-stops services take the Old Main South railway line to a junction north of Cabramatta and the Main South railway line as far as Glenfield. At a junction south of Glenfield, services switch to the South West Rail Link to reach the terminus at Leppington. The primary intermediate terminus of the northern section of the former T2 was Homebush. Most trains that terminated there now continue to Parramatta. The Hombush terminus is still used when the Parramatta branch is not operating, most notably at weekends. The following stations are served by T2 Inner West & Leppington Line trains:

• Museum, St James, Circular Quay, Wynyard, Town Hall and Central on the City Circle


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  Redfern, Macdonaldtown, Newtown, Stanmore, Petersham, Lewisham, Summer Hill, Ashfield, Croydon, Burwood, Strathfield Homebush, Flemington, Lidcombe, Auburn and Granville on the Main Suburban line


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  Harris Park and Parramatta on the Main Western line


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  Merrylands, Guildford, Yennora, Fairfield, Canley Vale, Cabramatta, Warwick Farm, Liverpool, Casula and Glenfield on the Old Main South and Main South lines.


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  Edmondson Park and Leppington on the South West Rail Link

Stations

Name	Code	Distance from Central [11][12][13][14][15]	Opened [11][12][13][14][15]	Railway line	Serving suburbs	Other lines
City Circle – Granville
Museum	MUS	4.99 km	1926	City Circle	Sydney CBD	T3 T8
St James	STJ	4.4 km	1926		Sydney CBD	T3 T8
Circular Quay	CQY	2.97 km	1956		Sydney CBD, The Rocks	T3 T8
Wynyard	WYN	2.1 km	1932		Sydney CBD, Barangaroo	T1 T3 T8
Town Hall	TWH	1.2 km	1932		Sydney CBD	T1 T3 T4 T8
Central	CEN	n/a	1855		Sydney CBD, Chippendale, Strawberry Hills, Ultimo, Surry Hills	T1 T3 T4 T8
Redfern	REF	1.30 km	1878	Main Suburban	Redfern, Waterloo	T1 T3 T4 T8
Macdonaldtown	MAC	2.48 km	1892		Macdonaldtown	none
Newtown	NTN	3.10 km	1855		Newtown
Stanmore	SMN	4.67 km	1878		Stanmore
Petersham	PSM	5.50 km	1857		Petersham
Lewisham	LWI	6.25 km	1886		Lewisham
Summer Hill	SMH	7.03 km	1879		Summer Hill
Ashfield	AFD	8.38 km	1855		Ashfield
Croydon	CYD	9.42 km	1875		Croydon
Burwood	BWD	10.62 km	1855		Burwood	T1
Strathfield	STR	11.81 km	1876		Strathfield	T1
Homebush	HSH	12.74 km	1855		Homebush	none
Flemington	FMG	14.32 km	1924		Homebush West
Lidcombe	LDC	16.61 km	1858		Lidcombe	T1 T3 T7
Auburn	AUB	18.63 km	1877		Auburn	T1
Clyde	CYE	20.66 km	1882		Clyde	T1 T6
Granville	GAV	21.22 km	1860		Granville	T1
Granville – Parramatta
Harris Park	HPK	22.53 km	c. 1800s	Main Western	Harris Park	T1 T5
Parramatta	PAR	23.21 km	1860		Parramatta	T1 T5
Granville – Leppington
Merrylands	MLN	23.47 km	1889	Old Main South	Merrylands	T5
Guildford	GUD	25.72 km	1876		Guildford	T5
Yennora	YNN	27.44 km	1927		Yennora	T5
Fairfield	FFL	29 km	1856		Fairfield	T5
Canley Vale	CVE	30.98 km	1878		Canley Vale	T5
Cabramatta	CAB	28.43 km	1870	Main South	Cabramatta	T3 T5
Warwick Farm	WKF	34.16 km	1889		Warwick Farm	T3 T5
Liverpool	LPO	38.68 km	1856		Liverpool	T3 T5
Casula	CSL	38.8 km	1894		Casula	T5
Glenfield	GFD	33.03 km	1869		Glenfield	T5 T8
Edmondson Park			2015	South West	Edmondson Park	T5
Leppington			2015		Leppington	T5

Patronage

The following chart shows the relative patronage of the seven lines of the former Sydney Trains network in the 2016-17 financial year. The T2 figure covers the services now provided by the current T2 and T8 lines.

See also

• 
  Sydney portal
  


• 
  Railways portal
  

References

1. 
   ^ Asset Standards Authority (19 March 2014). RailCorp electrical system general description, version 1.0 (PDF). 
   


2. 
   ^ Transport for New South Wales (15 August 2014). "Rail Clearways Program – completed projects". Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. 
   


3. 
   ^ Roydon Ng isn’t giving up on his year-long campaign to restore the Inner West line, Daily Telegraph 14 January 2015
   


4. 
   ^ Beech, James (31 March 2015). "NSW Election 2015: Tania Mihailuk saves Bankstown for Labor and vows to fight state privatisation". Canterbury-Bankstown Express. 
   


5. 
   ^ "South West Rail Link: Soon to head North and East, with more services". Transport for NSW. Government of New South Wales. 15 October 2015. 
   


6. 
   ^ "Changes to Sydney's train network" (PDF). Transport for NSW. Retrieved 2017-08-09. 
   


7. 
   ^ "CityRail network" (PDF). Rail Corporation New South Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2017. 
   


8. 
   ^ ^ab "More Trains, More Services for South Western Sydney" (PDF). Transport for New South Wales. Government of New South Wales. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017. 
   


9. 
   ^ Barr, Eliza (27 February 2017). "Southwest Sydney train service to increase with new peak hour trains and north-south connection from Leppington to Parramatta and Blacktown". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 27 February 2017. 
   


10. 
    ^ O'Sullivan, Matt (27 February 2017). "Decision on rail link to new Sydney airport 'many years off', Transport Minister Andrew Constance says". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 February 2017. 
    


11. 
    ^ ^ab "City Circle". NSW Rail.net. Retrieved 3 March 2017. 
    


12. 
    ^ ^ab "Airport line". NSW Rail.net. Retrieved 3 March 2017. 
    


13. 
    ^ ^ab "East Hills line". NSW Rail.net. Retrieved 3 March 2017. 
    


14. 
    ^ ^ab "Main South line". NSW Rail.net. Retrieved 3 March 2017. 
    


15. 
    ^ ^ab "South West Rail Link". NSW Rail.net. Retrieved 3 March 2017. 
    

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