Mascot railway station

Mascot
Airport & East Hills Line
Station code	MCO
Suburb	Mascot
Street(s)	Bourke Road Church Road
Distance from Central Station	5.19 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops Suburban limited stops
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	2 Side
Type of station	Underground
Ticket barriers	Yes
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

Mascot (also known as Mascot Suburban to avoid confusion with the neighbouring airport stations) is the second station from the city on the Airport branch of the CityRail Airport and East Hills line in Sydney. It is located in the business area of the suburb of Mascot and was opened along with the rest of the Airport branch in May 2000. The concourse of Mascot station contains the Mascot Operations Room, which is responsible for operation of the four privately operated stations on the Airport Line.^[1]

History

Like other stations on this line, Mascot was built and is operated by a private company as part of a Public Private Partnership. Before March 2011, station users were required to pay a small access fee ("Gatepass") to use the station. The NSW Government reached an agreement with the station operator to pay the access fees at Mascot and Green Square on behalf of passengers.^[2] As of October 2011, patronage has increased by around 70% at the two stations since the access fee was removed.^[3]

Platforms and services

The station serves trains on the Airport & East Hills Line. Services runs approximately every 10–15 minutes in each direction.

The station is served by four to six trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Notes
	Airport & East Hills Line	All stations services to Central and the City Circle
	Airport & East Hills Line	All stations and limited stops services to Kingsgrove, Revesby, Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur via the Airport

Transport links

Sydney Buses runs two routes via Mascot station:

• Route 400 - west to Westfield Burwood, east to Bondi Junction Interchange (limited stops service)
• Route 410 - west to Rockdale station, east to Bondi Junction Interchange (weekday peak hour limited stops service)

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  Entrance

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  Entry barriers

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  Indicator boards

See also

• Airport Link Company

Preceding station		CityRail		Following station
Domestic towards Macarthur		Airport and East Hills Line		Green Square towards Central

References

1. ^ The Opening of Sydney's New Southern Railway, Transit Australia, Vol 55 no 7, July 2000.
2. ^ Green Square and Mascot commuters to save $17 a week CityRail. 2 March 2011.
3. ^ "Budget Estimates Committee hearing transcript". October 25, 2011. pp. 11. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/0/a966fd9e1deb4e33ca2579350019758c/$FILE/20111025_Transport.pdf#page=10. Retrieved November 15, 2011. 

Coordinates: 33°55′21″S 151°11′14″E / 33.922533°S 151.187262°E / -33.922533; 151.187262