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Panania railway station

Coordinates: 33°57′16″S 150°59′52″E / 33.95433611°S 150.9977806°E / -33.95433611; 150.9977806
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Panania
Station entrance and building, September 2018
General information
LocationWeston Street, Panania
Coordinates33°57′16″S 150°59′52″E / 33.95433611°S 150.9977806°E / -33.95433611; 150.9977806
Elevation20 metres (66 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)East Hills
Distance22.55 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pm
Station codePAN
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened21 December 1931
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023[2]
  • 754,170 (year)
  • 2,066 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
East Hills
towards Macarthur
Airport & South Line Revesby
towards City Circle

Panania railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the East Hills line, serving the Sydney suburb of Panania. It is served by Sydney Trains' T8 Airport & South Line services.

History

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Panania station opened on 21 December 1931 when the line was extended from Kingsgrove to East Hills.[3][4]

On 9 December 1985, the line from Revesby to East Hills was duplicated with a new track laid to the north of the existing one.[5][6]

In 2018, the station received an upgrade including lifts.

Upgrades

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In October 2011, the surrounding bus stops and station entrance were upgraded.[7] In December 2014, scoping began for a further upgrade.[8] In July 2018, the upgrade was completed which included new lifts, stairs, weather canopies, signage, refurbishments, toilets and CCTV.[9][10]

Platforms and services

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Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Central & the City Circle via the Airport
6 weekday morning peak services to Central & the City Circle via Sydenham
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2 services to Macarthur
4 weekday evening peak services to Campbelltown
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Panania Station has bus stops located on both Braesmere Road on the north side and Anderson Avenue and Weston Street on the south side of the station. All routes are operated by Transdev NSW.

Braesmere Road

Anderson Avenue/Weston Street

  • 923: To Bankstown via Picnic Point (some services start at Picnic Point Boatshed)
  • 924: East Hills to Bankstown

Panania station is served by one NightRide route.

References

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  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Panania Station Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Panania Railway Station Group Archived 7 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ^ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest April 1986 page 119
  6. ^ "Salt Pan via Dumbleton. The Story of the East Hills Line'" ARHS Bulletin September 2001
  7. ^ Panania – Transport Interchange Upgrade Archived 16 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 2 December 2011
  8. ^ Major upgrade to begin at Panania station Archived 16 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 5 December 2014
  9. ^ "Panania Station Upgrade". Transport for NSW. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Transport Access Program" (PDF). Transport for NSW. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  11. ^ a b "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.
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