Punchbowl railway station explained

Punchbowl
Style:Sydney Metro
Address:Punchbowl Road, Punchbowl
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-33.9254°N 151.0556°W
Distance: from Central
Line:Bankstown
Other: Bus
Structure:Ground
Platform:2 (1 island)
Tracks:2
Opened:14 April 1909
Closed:30 September 2024
Electrified:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Code:PCB
Owned:Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operator:Sydney Trains (until 30 September 2024)
Metro Trains Sydney (from 2025)
Status:
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:

Staffed: 8am-4pm

Passengers:
  • 1,092,020 (year)
  • 2,992 (daily)[1]
Pass Year:2023[2]
Pass System:Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Web:Transport for NSW

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

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.

As part of the conversion to Sydney Metro, the station received an accessibility upgrade and a lift in 2023.

The station closed on 30 September 2024 to facilitate the conversion of the Bankstown railway line to Sydney Metro.

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Notes and References

  1. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. Web site: Train Station Monthly Usage . Open Data . 26 January 2024.
  3. http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Punchbowl Punchbowl Station
  4. http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=4802009 Punchbowl Railway Station Group