Bankstown railway station

Bankstown railway station is located on the Bankstown line, serving the Sydney suburb of Bankstown. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services.

History
Bankstown station opened on 14 April 1909, when the Bankstown line was extended from Belmore. It served as the terminus of the line until it was extended to Regents Park on the Main South line in 1928. Opposite platform 2 lies a parcel platform that was used by Electric Parcels Vans until 1966.

In December 2013, planning approval was granted for an upgrade project including the installation of new stairs, ramps, canopies and ticket barriers. Work commenced in July 2014 and completed in 2015.

Platforms & services
Traditionally, services operated in a loop from the city via Sydenham to Bankstown, then on to Lidcombe, returning to the city via Strathfield and the Main Suburban line and vice versa. In more recent years alternate trains on the line were extended to Liverpool station. For a while, direct services operated to Blacktown via a loop connection to the Main Western line near Lidcombe.

Currently services operate to Lidcombe and Liverpool on an alternate basis. To the west of the station, lies a headshunt to enable terminating services to stable.

In 2024 Bankstown station will become the terminus of both Sydney Metro's City & Southwest (the end of a line of 31 metro stations to that point, making it the biggest public transport project in the history of Australian railways) which will replace the original Bankstown railway line, as well as Sydney Trains services between Bankstown, Liverpool and Lidcombe.

Transport links
Punchbowl Bus Company operates six routes via Bankstown station:
 * 939: to Greenacre
 * 940: to Hurstville station
 * 941: to Hurstville station
 * 944: to Mortdale
 * 945: to Hurstville station
 * 946: to Roselands Shopping Centre

Transdev NSW operate 14 routes via Bankstown station::
 * 905: to Fairfield station
 * 907: to Parramatta station
 * 908: to Merrylands station
 * 909: to Parramatta station
 * 911: to Auburn station
 * 913: to Strathfield station
 * 922: to East Hills
 * 923: to Panania
 * 924: to East Hills
 * 925: Lidcombe to East Hills
 * 926: to Revesby Heights (to Padstow weekdays off peak only)
 * M90: Liverpool station to Burwood
 * M91: Parramatta station to Hurstville
 * M92: Parramatta station to Sutherland station

Transit Systems operate one route from Bankstown station:
 * 487: to Canterbury

Bankstown station is served by one NightRide route:
 * N40: East Hills station to City (Town Hall)