Trackwork Alert: Weekend rail repairs ahead for the Airport and Western lines
Passengers are urged to plan ahead this weekend, 9-10 December, as essential Rail Repair Plan trackwork (PDF, 86.95 KB) focuses on the west and Airport Line, to increase efficiency and resilience on the network.
Passengers looking to start their holiday travel early to the airport this weekend are advised to allow plenty of extra travel time and plan their trip as buses will replace trains on the T8 between Sydenham and Central via the Airport.
Work will involve signal and track maintenance, and essential upgrades to the Mascot substation to help increase future capacity on the line.
Express rail replacement buses will run between Central and the International Airport, and Central and the Domestic Airport in both directions throughout the weekend. Airport passengers can also catch replacement buses to the Airport stations from Sydenham, Wolli Creek, Mascot, and Green Square.
Buses will also replace trains from 10.30pm Friday to 9.30am Saturday on the T1 and T5 between Richmond and Schofields.
Sydney Trains will have around 653 workers undertaking a significant amount of work to remove defects on the network.
Some trains may run to changed stopping pattern and timetable. Passengers may need to change trains and 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
From 8.30am to 7.30pm on Saturday and Sunday, buses will replace trains on the T1 between Emu Plains and Penrith and on the Blue Mountains Line between Lithgow and Penrith.
On Saturday buses will replace trains on the South Coast Line from 3am to 11am between Port Kembla, Wollongong, Dapto and Waterfall, and on the Southern Highlands Line from 10am to 4pm between Campbelltown and Moss Vale.
On Sunday, from 2.30am to 9.50am, buses will replace trains between Bomaderry, Kiama and Wollongong on the South Coast Line and will not run to the train timetable.
Special events
For passengers travelling to Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday for the Foo Fighters concert, 50 Cent concert or EPIK Dance here are some additional travel options:
- From Central: express services will run every 7.5 minutes from 4pm until 10pm – stopping Redfern, Strathfield then Olympic Park. After the show, express services will leave Olympic Park every 5 minutes from 10pm until 1am – stopping Strathfield, Redfern then Central.
- From Western Line Stations: additional trains will run from Western Line stations every 10 minutes from 4pm until 10pm – stopping all stations to Seven Hills, Westmead, Parramatta, Granville, Lidcombe then Olympic Park. Heading home, additional services will run to Western Line stations every 7.5 minutes from 9pm until 1am – stopping Lidcombe, Granville, Parramatta, Westmead, Seven Hills then all stations to its destination.
- From Macarthur: additional trains will leave Macarthur at 5:19pm, 5:49pm and 6:19pm – stopping all stations to Granville, Auburn, Lidcombe then Olympic Park. Following the performance, additional trains will leave Lidcombe at 10:56pm, 11:26pm and 11:56pm – stopping Auburn, Granville then all stations to Macarthur.
- Blue Mountains Line: services will make an additional stop at Lidcombe between 12pm and 7pm. After the gig, services will make an additional stop at Lidcombe between 10pm and 1am.
- Central Coast & Newcastle Line: an additional train will leave Newcastle Interchange at 3:13pm – stopping all stations to Berowra, Hornsby, Epping, Strathfield then Central. After the show, additional trains will leave Central at 11.18pm and 12:18am
- South Coast Line: an additional train will leave Kiama at 3:05pm – stopping all stations to Waterfall, Sutherland, Hurstville, Wolli Creek, Redfern then Central. And on the way home, an additional train will leave Central at 11.59pm