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Birrong
Southbound view of the station platforms, August 2007
General information
Location	Rodd Street, Birrong Australia
Coordinates	33°53′36″S 151°01′26″E / 33.893282°S 151.023913°E / -33.893282; 151.023913
Elevation	43 metres (141 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Bankstown
Distance	22.11 kilometres (13.74 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am-7pm Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed
Station code	BIO
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	16 July 1928
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023	415,470 (year) 1,138 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Regents Parktowards Lidcombe Lidcombe & Bankstown Line Yagoonatowards Bankstown
Former services Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Regents Parktowards Lidcombe or Liverpool Bankstown Line (until 2024) Yagoonatowards City Circle

Birrong railway station is located on the Bankstown line, serving the Sydney suburb of Birrong. It is served by Sydney Trains T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line services.

History

Birrong station opened on 16 July 1928, when the Bankstown line was extended from Bankstown to Regents Park. To the north of the station lies Sefton Park Junction with services heading north to Lidcombe and west to Liverpool on the Main South line. The Bankstown-Lidcombe line also passes over the Southern Sydney Freight Line.

In 2020, following the NSW Legislative Council Inquiry into Sydenham to Bankstown line conversion's review of Transport for NSW plans to close stations in the west of Bankstown, the NSW Government announced a Bankstown to Lidcombe shuttle service would operate in the short-term through Birrong once Sydney Metro Southwest opened in 2024.

In July 2021 an upgrade to the station was complete with a new lift and staircase.

Birrong is the only station in Sydney with a pre-WWII style station building that is not heritage-listed.

Platforms and services

Layout

References

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. Birrong Station NSWrail.net
4. "60 Years Ago" Railway Digest July 1988 page 285
5. "Sydenham-Bankstown Line conversion". parliament.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
6. NSW, Transport for (5 February 2020). "Planning for rail services west of Bankstown". transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
7. Transport for NSW. "Transport for NSW" (PDF). Future Transport Strategy 2056. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
8. NSW, Transport for (29 May 2019). "Birrong Station Upgrade". transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
9. Transport for NSW (5 September 2022). "Transport for NSW" (PDF). Future Transport Strategy: Our vision for transport in NSW. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
10. Transport for NSW. "Transport for NSW" (PDF). Birrong Station Upgrade - Review of Environmental Factors. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
11. ^ "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.

External links

• Media related to Birrong railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Birrong station details Transport for New South Wales

• Easy Access railway stations in Sydney
• Railway stations in Australia opened in 1928
• Bankstown railway line
• City of Canterbury-Bankstown