Yagoona railway station explained

Yagoona
Style:	Sydney Trains
Address:	Hume Highway, Yagoona
Country:	Australia
Coordinates:	-33.9066°N 151.0242°W
Distance:	from Central
Line:	Bankstown
Other:	Bus
Structure:	Ground
Platform:	2 (1 island)
Tracks:	2
Opened:	16 July 1928
Electrified:	Yes
Accessible:	Yes
Code:	YOA
Owned:	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operator:	Sydney Trains
Status:	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am-7pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 8am-4pm
Passengers:	661,490 (year) 1,812 (daily)^[1]
Pass Year:	2023^[2]
Pass System:	Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink
Other Services Header:	Former services
Other Services Collapsible:	yes
Web:	Transport for NSW

Yagoona railway station is a station serving the Sydney suburb of Yagoona. It is served by Sydney Trains T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line services.

History

Yagoona station opened on 16 July 1928, when the Bankstown line was extended from Bankstown to Regents Park.^{[3] [4]}

In 2018, the NSW Government considered extending the Sydney Metro Southwest line north beyond Bankstown to Yagoona as the terminal.^[5] However, due to NSW Government budgetary constraints, a lack of community support, and the future extension of the Metro line west from Bankstown to Liverpool using a new rail corridor, the proposed Yagoona Metro terminal was abandoned.

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,^[6] the NSW Government announced a Bankstown to Lidcombe shuttle service would operate in the short-term through Yagoona once Sydney Metro Southwest opened in 2024.

The station received an upgrade under the Transport Access Program that was completed in August 2022. This included replacing the station building, concourse, lift and stairs. The new lift was the first hands free lift on the Sydney rail network.^[7]

Transport links

Transit Systems NSW operates two bus routes via Yagoona station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 907: Bankstown station to Parramatta station^[8]
• M91

Parramatta station to Hurstville

External links

• • Yagoona station details Transport for New South Wales

Notes and References

1. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
2. Web site: Train Station Monthly Usage . Open Data . 26 January 2024.
3. http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Yagoona Yagoona Station
4. "60 Years Ago" Railway Digest July 1988 page 285
5. Web site: O'Sullivan . Jacob Saulwick, Matt . 2018-11-20 . 'Yagoona Metro' on the cards if Bankstown proves too hard . 2022-09-06 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
6. Web site: Sydenham-Bankstown Line conversion . 2022-09-06 . parliament.nsw.gov.au.
7. Web site: Yagoona Station Upgrade . Transport for NSW . 1 July 2023 . en-AU . 26 August 2022.
8. Web site: Bus Timetables – Inner West and Western Sydney . 2024-09-03 . Transit Systems Bus Network Public Transport Operator NSW SA WA NT UK Singapore . en-US.