Regents Park railway station

Regents Park
Southbound view in August 2007
Location Park Road, Regents Park
Coordinates 33°52′59″S 151°01′27″E / 33.88298611°S 151.0241694°E / -33.88298611; 151.0241694Coordinates: 33°52′59″S 151°01′27″E / 33.88298611°S 151.0241694°E / -33.88298611; 151.0241694
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main South
Distance 19.86 kilometres from Central
Platforms 2 (1 island)
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code RGP
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened 11 November 1912
Rebuilt 8 October 1924
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 1,840 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank 121
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Lidcombe
T3
Bankstown Line
towards City Circle

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

History

The original Regents Park station opened on 11 November 1912 when a line was built from Lidcombe. The present station opened on 8 October 1924, when the Main South line was extended to Cabramatta in an attempt to reduce overcrowding on the Main Western railway line.[2][3][4]

Immediately south of the station lies Sefton Park Junction with services heading south to Bankstown via the Bankstown line and west to Liverpool via the Main South line. The Southern Sydney Freight Line passes beneath the junction. Until it closed in April 1966, Regents Park was the junction for a line to Potts Hill Reservoir and sidings serving an industrial complex to the north-west of the station.[4][5]

Platforms & services

Historically Regents Park was served by services from the city and Lidcombe operating to Bankstown and Liverpool on an alternate basis. This changed in the early 2000s, when most services to Liverpool were altered to operate via Bankstown. Today Regents Park is served by T3 Bankstown line services terminating at Lidcombe and three Liverpool - City via Strathfield services on weekdays.[6][7]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Central & the City Circle via Strathfield 2 services on weekdays
services to Lidcombe
2 services to Liverpool 1 service on weekdays
services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown

Transdev NSW operate two routes via Regents Park station:

Regents Park station is served by one NightRide route:

References

  1. ↑ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Restore Inner West Line Restore Inner West Line
  3. ↑ Regents Park Station NSWrail.net
  4. 1 2 Regents Park Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ↑ "20 Years Ago" Railway Digest April 1986 page 126
  6. ↑ "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. ↑ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 908". Transport for NSW.
  9. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 909". Transport for NSW.
  10. ↑ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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