Villawood railway station, Sydney

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Villawood

Bankstown Line
Inner West Line
Station code	VWD
Suburb	Villawood
Street(s)	River Ave
Distance from Central Station	24.50 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops Suburban limited stops
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	1 Island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	No
Station facilities	Link

Villawood is a minor railway station on the CityRail Inner West railway line, Sydney. It serves the Sydney suburb of Villawood, a residential area with some industry. It has an island platform, built with the opening of the line. Under the Southern Sydney Freight Line project, a third track will be built by 2008 to carry freight trains separately from the passenger lines.

1 Platforms/Service
2 Accessibility
3 Transport Links
4 Gallery
5 Trackplan

[edit] Platforms/Service

The station is serviced by up to 2 trains per hour in each direction on the Inner West Line during peak hours and at night on weekdays, and 2 trains per hour on the Bankstown Line all day. This makes 4 trains per hour in each direction during peak hours and at night on weekdays, and 2 trains per hour in each direction outside these times. The trains are not evenly spaced. There are additional trains in peak hours.

Platform 1:

Bankstown Line - all stations and limited stops services to Bankstown, Central and the City Circle (anti-clockwise).
Inner West Line - all stations and limited stops services to Lidcombe, Central and the City Circle (clockwise).

Platform 2: