Passengers urged to plan ahead with Rail Repair Plan Trackwork on Olympic Park Line

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Passengers are urged to plan ahead this weekend, 4-5 November, as essential Rail Repair Plan trackwork will take place on parts of the T1 Western, T2 Inner West & Leppington, T3 Bankstown, T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra and T7 Olympic Park Lines.

Those heading to the Sydney Olympic Park precinct for the Sam Smith concert, NBL or other events, are advised that buses replace trains on the following lines:

  • On the T1 Western Line, between Parramatta and Olympic Park.
  • On the T2 Inner West & Leppington Line, between Merrylands and Olympic Park.
  • On the T3 Bankstown Line, between Olympic Park, Lidcombe and Bankstown.
  • On the T7 Olympic Park Line, buses replace trains between Olympic Park and Parramatta, Merrylands and Bankstown.

Western Sydney passengers heading to and from the city may consider parking their car at a paid carpark at Sydney Olympic Park. Trains are running all weekend between Olympic Park and the city, and this may be a quicker option than catching replacement buses.

Also this weekend, on the T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line:

  • Buses replace trains between Cronulla and Sutherland.
  • On Saturday from 11.30pm to 2am, buses also replace trains between Cronulla, Waterfall and Hurstville.

Sydney Trains will have more than 700 workers undertaking a significant amount of work to remove around 45 high-priority defects.

Passengers are encouraged to allow extra travel time and plan ahead by visiting transportnsw.info or using trip planning apps.

Sydney Trains thanks our passengers for their patience as we work to build a more resilient and reliable network.

Intercity services

On the Blue Mountains Line, buses replace trains between Blacktown and Strathfield.

Trains from Blacktown heading towards Blue Mountains Line stations leave 30 minutes later than normal.

On the Central Coast & Newcastle Line, trains run between Central Coast & Newcastle Line stations and Strathfield only.

On the South Coast Line on Saturday from 11.30pm to 2am on Sunday, buses replace trains between Waterfall and Hurstville.

On Sunday from 9am to 5pm, buses also replace trains from Port Kembla to Wollongong. From 10am to 6pm, buses replace trains from Wollongong to Port Kembla.

MS Gong Ride

For cyclists participating in the MS Gong Ride on Sunday, additional early morning trains will run on the South Coast Line towards Sydney to get cyclists to the start line at Tempe or Engadine.

After the event has concluded, additional trains will be running from Wollongong to Central. Cyclists are encouraged to consider public transport with trains being the best way to travel with your bike to and from the event.

Sydney Metro

Separate from the Rail Repair Plan, buses replace Metro services between Tallawong and Chatswood all weekend.

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