Punchbowl railway station
Punchbowl | ||||||||||||||||
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 Eastbound view of the station platforms, October 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Punchbowl Road, Punchbowl Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°55′31″S 151°03′20″E / 33.9254°S 151.0556°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 39 metres (128 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains (until 30 September 2024) Metro Trains Sydney (from 2025) | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Bankstown | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 16.45 kilometres (10.22 mi) from Central | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am-7pm
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| Station code | PCB | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 14 April 1909 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 30 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Punchbowl railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Bankstown railway line in the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl. It is currently suspended from service for conversion works to enable it to be served by Metro North West & Bankstown Line services in 2025
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History
[edit]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.[citation needed]
As part of the conversion to Sydney Metro, the station received an accessibility upgrade and a lift in 2023.[citation needed]
The station closed on 30 September 2024 to facilitate the conversion of the Bankstown railway line to Sydney Metro.
Platforms and services
[edit]| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Tallawong (from 2025) | ||
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| 2 | services to Bankstown (from 2025) | [5] |
References
[edit]- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Punchbowl Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Punchbowl Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
External links
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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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