Cumberland railway line, Sydney

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Cumberland Line
Overview
Mode	Commuter rail
Area
Map colour	Magenta
Owner	CityRail
Design
Length	47 km
Stations	23
Connects	Campbelltown Blacktown
1996	Opened
Operations
Operator(s)	CityRail
Fleet	S sets
Depot(s)	Flemington
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The Cumberland railway line connects Blacktown and Campbelltown stations in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia and appears in magenta on the CityRail network map. The Cumberland line consists of pre-existing track on the main western and southern lines, plus a new "Y-link" track between Harris Park and Merrylands stations.

Contents 1 History 2 Description of route 3 Service Cuts 4 Cumberland Line stations 5 References

[edit] History

The line was opened in 1996 as part of former Prime Minister Paul Keating's 'Building Better Cities' programme in recognition of Parramatta's place as the capital of Sydney's west^[1]. It cost $80 million to construct, and required the construction of a little over one kilometre of new track and no new stations. This track consists of the creation of a triangular junction at the junction of the 'Old Main South' and the 'Main Western Line by laying track between Merrylands and Harris Park stations, known as the 'Y Link' including a new flyover of the 'Up Old Main South' over these new tracks. The intention of this link was to allow direct services to operate from Liverpool and Campbelltown to Parramatta and Blacktown without requiring a change of trains at Granville. The line takes its name from the Cumberland Plain on which much of Western Sydney was built.

[edit] Description of route

Physically, the line consists of the Western Line from Blacktown station to Harris Park, the 'Y Link' as described above, the "Old Main South" (known as the South Line) between Merrylands and Cabramatta, and the Main South Line between Cabramatta and Campbelltown.

[edit] Service Cuts

Upon its opening in 1996, the line had a regular half-hourly service in both directions consisting of 38 journeys per day. Subsequent timetables saw its services significantly reduced to the point of running weekday peak hours only services only, and in the latest CityRail timetable (from September 4, 2005), the line only runs one-way in each peak: two services run in the morning peak from Campbelltown to Blacktown (the first of which extends past Blacktown to Marayong and Quakers Hill, via the Western Line's Richmond branch), with three services returning from Blacktown to Campbelltown in the evening.

On 16 December 2006 it was announced that a half hourly service will resume on the line in the near future with the introduction of new outer suburban trains, freeing up three suburban trains to operate the service.^{[citation needed]} The appendix of the NSW State Plan 2007^[2] committed the Iemma Labor Government to new train carriages to boost Cumberland Line Services by 2007.

This promise has not been delivered.

[edit] Cumberland Line stations

Name of Station	Code	TravelPass Zone	Serving Suburbs	Connections
Cumberland Line
Blacktown	BAK	Purple	Blacktown	■Western Line ■Blue Mountains Line
Seven Hills	SEV	Pink	Seven Hills
Toongabbie	TBB	Pink	Toongabbie
Pendle Hill	PDH	Pink	Pendle Hill
Wentworthville	WWH	Pink	Wentworthville
Westmead	WMD	Pink	Westmead	■Western Line ■Blue Mountains Line
Parramatta	PTA	Yellow	Parramatta	■Western Line ■Blue Mountains Line
Harris Park	HRK	Yellow	Harris Park
Merrylands	MLN	Pink	Merrylands
Guildford	GUD	Pink	Guildford
Yennora	YNR	Pink	Yennora
Fairfield	FFL	Pink	Fairfield	■South Line
Canley Vale	CVE	Pink	Canley Vale
Cabramatta	CTT	Pink	Cabramatta	■Inner West Line   ■Bankstown Line ■South Line
Warwick Farm	WKF	Pink	Warwick Farm
Liverpool	LPO	Pink	Liverpool	■Inner West Line   ■Bankstown Line ■South Line
Casula	CSL	Purple	Casula
Glenfield	GFD	Purple	Glenfield	■Airport & East Hills Line ■South Line
Macquarie Fields	MQF	Purple	Macquarie Fields
Ingleburn	IGB	Purple	Ingleburn
Minto	MIO	Purple	Minto
Leumeah	LUM	Purple	Leumeah
Campbelltown	CAM	Purple	Campbelltown	■Airport & East Hills Line ■South Line ■Southern Highlands Line

[edit] References

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