Parramatta railway station

Parramatta railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line, serving Parramatta in New South Wales, Australia. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western Line, T2 Inner West & Leppington and T5 Cumberland Line services and NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains Line, Central West XPT and Outback Xplorer services.

For the proposed Sydney Metro station, see Parramatta metro station.

Parramatta
Eastbound view from Platform 2 in November 2011
Location	Argyle Street, Parramatta
Coordinates	33°49′04″S 151°00′20″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Western
Distance	23.21 kilometres from Central
Platforms	4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	PAR
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	2 July 1860
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	92,950 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank	4
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Westmead toward Emu Plains or Richmond North Shore & Western Line Harris Park toward Berowra Terminus Inner West & Leppington Line Harris Park toward City Circle Westmead toward Richmond Cumberland Line Harris Park toward Leppington Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Blacktown toward Lithgow Blue Mountains Line Lithgow Strathfield toward Central Westmead toward Bathurst Blue Mountains Line (twice daily) Bathurst Bullet Central Terminus Blacktown toward Dubbo NSW TrainLink Western Line Dubbo XPT Strathfield toward Sydney Penrith toward Broken Hill NSW TrainLink Western Line Broken Hill Outback Xplorer

History

Aerial view of the station in 2007

Indicator boards at Parramatta station

Parramatta station is one of Sydney's oldest. Sydney's first line connected Sydney and Parramatta Junction near Granville and opened on 26 September 1855. It was extended to the current Parramatta station on 4 July 1860.[2]

Prior to the Main Western line being quadrupled from Granville to Westmead in 1985, the station consisted of four platforms, platforms 3 and 4 on the main line and 1 and 2 on a loop.[3]

In 1985, the station was refurbished with a new underground subway bus interchange built at the station's north-east side.[4]

In late 2003, work began on a new transport interchange which linked the station to the neighbouring Westfield Parramatta shopping centre. The works included upgrading the station, providing more access to commuters, and constructing a new bus interchange. On 19 February 2006 the interchange was opened.

In October 2016, the Parramatta Turnback Project was completed, adding crossovers to allow trains to terminate on platforms 3-4 in either direction.[5]

The Darcy Street entrance to the station is closed from 1 September 2018 to late 2019 while improvements are made to the station.[6]

Parramatta metro station will be located around a block to the north of the current station and is planned to open in the late 2020s.

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T1	Services to Hornsby or beyond via Gordon
	BMT	Services to Central	Most weekday services depart from here.
	Western Region	Services to Central	XPT services and Xplorer Services from Dubbo and Broken Hill (Set down only)
	CCN	Services to Gosford and Wyong	6 afternoon peak services
2	T1	Services to Richmond & Penrith or Emu Plains	Most weekday services depart from here.
	BMT	Services to Springwood, Katoomba, Mount Victoria & Lithgow 2 evening services to Bathurst
	Western Region	Services to Dubbo & Broken Hill	Pick up only
	CCN	Express services to Blacktown	6 morning peak services
3	T2	Weekday terminating services, returning as services to the City Circle	Only operates in the middle of the day.
	T5	Services to Leppington, Schofields and Richmond	T5 Trains leave from here on weekdays in both directions as Platform 4 is mainly used to terminate T2 line trains
	T1	Services to Hornsby or beyond via Gordon	Mainly on weekends. Some Richmond services depart from here on weekday evenings.
4	T2	Weekday terminating services, returning as services to the City Circle
	T5	Services to Schofields and Richmond	T5 Trains mainly leave from here on weekends and during late nights on weekdays
	T1	Services to Richmond & Penrith or Emu Plains	Richmond services depart from here only on weekdays off-peak and weekends. Penrith services depart from here only early in the morning, late at night or on weekends.

Trackplan

Track layout

As part of the Parramatta Turnback project, an additional crossover from the Up Main to the Down Main was constructed (not shown) west of the station.[7]

References

1. NSW Train Stations Barrier Dashboard 2004-2018 Institute for Sustainable futures UTS
2. Parramatta Station Archived 12 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
3. "Granville-Westmead Quadruplication" Railway Digest April 1985 page 133
4. "Granville-Westmead Quadruplication" Railway Digest June 1985 page 165
5. NSW, Transport for (2 May 2017). "Completed projects". www.transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
6. Changes at Parramatta Station Archived 24 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 24 August 2018
7. Sydney Trains. "DRIVERS ROUTE KNOWLEDGE DIAGRAMS - MAIN WEST LINE" (PDF). Railsafe.

External links

• Media related to Parramatta railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Parramatta Station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW
• Parramatta station details Transport for New South Wales