Panania railway station, Sydney

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Panania station is a CityRail intermediate station on the East Hills line. It services the Sydney suburb of Panania. It is located west of Revesby and east of East Hills. It is approximately 22.5km from Central Station via Wolli Creek and Airport Stations by rail. Panania features an island platform serving 2 tracks.

History

Panania station opened in 1931 with the opening of the East Hills railway line from Tempe to East Hillscite web|work=Nswrail.net| title=East Hills Line|url=http://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.php?name=NSW:east_hills| accessdate=3 January| accessyear=2007] . It initially consisted of an island platform serving a single track on the 'down' (or "away from Sydney") direction. A track was provided on the 'up' ("towards Sydney") side in 1985. The station building was of brick construction in the standard style of stations on the East Hills line, the ticket window originally faced platform 1 (serving trains towards Sydney), however this was later moved to face the entrance to the station. Access to the station was originally via a pedestrian level crossing over the tracks, but this was replaced by a long footbridge in the 1950s. [Oakes, J. "Salt Pan via Dumbleton. The Story of the East Hills Line". ARHS Bulletin, September 2001, Vol 52, no 767.] The station building has recently been painted in the current cream and green CityRail station colour scheme.

Platforms/Services

Usual service pattern sees 4 local trains per hour during weekday daytimes, and 2 trains per hour at night and weekendscite web| work=CityRail | title=CityRail Timetables | url=http://www.cityrail.info/timetable/index.jsp| accessdate=22 April | accessyear=2007] . From 2010, it is proposed that Pananaia will be served by Campbelltown express trains, as the construction of the Revesby turnback will mean that local trains are turned back at Revesby rather than at East Hillscite web|work=Transport Intrastructure Development Corporation| title=Kingsgrove-Revsby Quadruplication|url=http://www.tidc.nsw.gov.au/ViewSite.aspx?PageID=469| accessdate=21 January| accessyear=2007] .

Platform 1:
*East Hills line colour>Airport & East Hills Line - all stations and limited stops services to Central and the City Circle (anticlockwise).

Platform 2:
*East Hills line colour>Airport & East Hills Line - all stations and limited stops services to East Hills, Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur.

Transport Links

Veolia Transport runs three routes via Panania railway station:
*Route 923 - to Bankstown.
*Route 924 - Between Bankstown and East Hills.
*Route 925 - Between Bankstown and East Hills.
NightRide runs one route via Panania railway station:
*Route N40 - Between East Hills station and City(Town Hall).

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