Penrith railway station, Sydney
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Penrith railway station is a railway station on the CityRail
network in New South Wales
, Australia
. Located in the Sydney
suburb of Penrith
, the station serves as a major interchange between Western line
, Blue Mountains line trains. Western-bound CountryLink
XPT and Xplorer services also stop here. Penrith station serves passengers from surrounding suburbs, including Penrith, Lemongrove, Glenmore Park, Mulgoa, Wallacia, Warragamba, Regentville, Jamisontown, South Penrith, Mount Pleasant, Cranebrook and Castlereagh.
Many people from other suburbs which have stations other than Penrith located closer to them also choose to use Penrith station due to the Intercity and Western-bound services available. Residents from areas such as the Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Penrith suburbs such as Kingswood, Werrington, St Marys, St Clair, Erskine Park and surrounding suburbs often do this and have subsequent bus connections to the station. As a result, Penrith Station is somewhat of a transport hub for the wider Western Sydney region. There is a large commuter carpark with 875 spaces provided by Cityrail.
Westbus
NightRide
Blue Mountains Bus Company
, was reproposed in December 2006 and received approving comments by the NSW State Government, and was offered funding by Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd
should the Australian Labor Party win the 2007 Federal Election.
The $2 billion Western FastRail project will involve a tunnel being built between Parramatta and the Sydney CBD. It will shrink times from Penrith to the city to 28 minutes (presently 55 minutes), Penrith to Parramatta to 17 minutes (presently 25 minutes) and Penrith to Blacktown to 11 minutes (presently 15 minutes). The plan would not only assist the commuters of Penrith however, but the entire Western Suburbs of Sydney (40% of Sydney's population), which as an area, is accursed with longer commute times than any other part of Sydney. It would also reduce the car dependency that is characteristic of this region.
CityRail
CityRail is an operating brand of RailCorp, a corporation owned by the state government of New South Wales, Australia. It is responsible for providing commuter rail services, and some coach services, in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities of New South Wales. It is...
network in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Located in the Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
suburb of Penrith
Penrith, New South Wales
Penrith is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penrith is located west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Penrith...
, the station serves as a major interchange between Western line
Western railway line, Sydney
The Western Line is part of the CityRail metropolitan rail network in Sydney, and is the suburban section of the Main West line which connects Sydney with the west of New South Wales. It connects the Sydney CBD to the employment centre of Parramatta and the outer western suburbs, terminating at Emu...
, Blue Mountains line trains. Western-bound CountryLink
CountryLink
CountryLink is the operator of passenger rail services in country New South Wales, Australia and into Queensland and Victoria. It is an operating brand of the Rail Corporation New South Wales, a government-owned entity...
XPT and Xplorer services also stop here. Penrith station serves passengers from surrounding suburbs, including Penrith, Lemongrove, Glenmore Park, Mulgoa, Wallacia, Warragamba, Regentville, Jamisontown, South Penrith, Mount Pleasant, Cranebrook and Castlereagh.
Many people from other suburbs which have stations other than Penrith located closer to them also choose to use Penrith station due to the Intercity and Western-bound services available. Residents from areas such as the Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Penrith suburbs such as Kingswood, Werrington, St Marys, St Clair, Erskine Park and surrounding suburbs often do this and have subsequent bus connections to the station. As a result, Penrith Station is somewhat of a transport hub for the wider Western Sydney region. There is a large commuter carpark with 875 spaces provided by Cityrail.
Platforms and services
The station is served by three to four trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.Bus services
Penrith Station Bus InterchangeWestbus
- 673 - to WindsorWindsor, New South WalesWindsor is a town in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Windsor is located in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. It sits on the Hawkesbury River, on the north-western outskirts of the Sydney metropolitan area. At the 2006 census, Windsor had a population of...
- 677 - to RichmondRichmond, New South WalesRichmond is a town in New South Wales, north-west of Sydney, in the Local Government Area of the City of Hawkesbury. It is located at a latitude of 33° 35' 54" South and a longitude of 150°45' 04" east, 19 metres above sea level on the alluvial Hawkesbury River flats, at the foot of the Blue...
- 678 - to Richmond
- 770 - to Mount Druitt
- 774 - to Mount Druitt
- 775 - to Mount Druitt
- 776 - to Mount Druitt
- 780 - to Mount Druitt
- 781 - to St MarysSt Marys, New South WalesSt Marys is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. St Marys is located 45 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith....
- 782 - to WerringtonWerrington, New South WalesWerrington is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Werrington is located 48.5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.-Aboriginal culture:Prior to...
- 784 - to CranebrookCranebrook, New South WalesCranebrook is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cranebrook is located 65 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....
- 785 - to Werrington
- 786 - to Cranebrook
- 789 - to LuddenhamLuddenham, New South WalesLuddenham is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Luddenham is located 42 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Penrith and City of Liverpool...
- 791 - to South PenrithSouth Penrith, New South WalesSouth Penrith is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. South Penrith is located 55 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.South Penrith is bounded by...
- 793 - to South Penrith
- 795 - to WarragambaWarragamba, New South WalesWarragamba is a town in New South Wales, Australia, in Wollondilly Shire. Located on the eastern edge of the Blue Mountains, Warragamba is one and a half hour's drive west of Sydney. The name Warragamba comes from the aboriginal words Warra and Gamba meaning water running over rocks...
- 797 - to Glenmore ParkGlenmore Park, New South WalesGlenmore Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Glenmore Park is located 59 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.Glenmore Park is south of...
- 799 - to Glenmore Park
NightRide
- N70 - to Town HallSydney Town HallThe Sydney Town Hall is a landmark sandstone building located in the heart of Sydney. It stands opposite the Queen Victoria Building and alongside St Andrew's Cathedral...
Blue Mountains Bus Company
- 688 - to Emu Heights
- 689 - to Leonay
- 1688 - to Leonay/Emu Heights
- 690P - to Faulconbridge
- 690B - to Blaxland
Proposed fast rail link
First introduced in 2004 by a consortium of Dutch bank ABN AMRO and developer Leighton Holdings, the project dubbed the Penrith High Speed Link, known officially as Western FastRailWestern FastRail
Western FastRail is a proposed $2 billion privately funded underground and above-ground train line that would link central Sydney with Western Sydney independent from the CityRail network. Western FastRail is being backed by a consortium led by businessman and former union leader Michael Easson,...
, was reproposed in December 2006 and received approving comments by the NSW State Government, and was offered funding by Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd
Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...
should the Australian Labor Party win the 2007 Federal Election.
The $2 billion Western FastRail project will involve a tunnel being built between Parramatta and the Sydney CBD. It will shrink times from Penrith to the city to 28 minutes (presently 55 minutes), Penrith to Parramatta to 17 minutes (presently 25 minutes) and Penrith to Blacktown to 11 minutes (presently 15 minutes). The plan would not only assist the commuters of Penrith however, but the entire Western Suburbs of Sydney (40% of Sydney's population), which as an area, is accursed with longer commute times than any other part of Sydney. It would also reduce the car dependency that is characteristic of this region.