Minto railway station, Sydney

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Minto is a railway station in the south-western suburbs of Sydney and is situated on the Main South Line. It is served by CityRail trains of the South, Cumberland and East Hills linescite web| work=CityRail | title=CityRail Timetables | url=http://www.cityrail.info/timetable/index.jsp| accessdate=22 April | accessyear=2007] . It serves a residential area, and consists two side platforms. It has been in use since 1874cite web|work=Nswrail.net| title=Main South Line|url=http://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.php?name=NSW:main_south| accessdate=26 April| accessyear=2007] . The station has street access to both platforms, connected by a ramp. This allows the station to classed as having Easy Access for wheelchairs.

Platforms/Services

The station is served by four trains per hour (not evenly spaced) for most of the time, two each on the South and East Hills lines. There are additional trains at weekday peak hours. The Cumberland line operates only at peak hours.

Platform 1:
*South line colour>South Line - all stations and limited stops services to Granville, Lidcombe, Central and the City Circle (clockwise).
*Cumberland line colour>Cumberland Line - all stations services to Blacktown.
*East Hills line colour>Airport & East Hills Line - all stations and limited stops services to Central and the City Circle (anticlockwise) (via the Airport or Sydenham).

Platform 2:
*South line colour>South Line - all stationsservices to Campbelltown.
*Cumberland line colour>Cumberland Line - all stations services to Campbelltown.
*East Hills line colour>Airport & East Hills Line - all stations services to Campbelltown and Macarthur.

Transport Links

Busways:
*880 - to Campbelltown.
Interline Buses:
*870 - Between Macarthur Square and Glenfield.
*872 - to St Andrews, Varroville and Bow Bowing.
*874 - Between Macarthur Square and Raby.
*876 - to Minto Heights.
NightRide:
*N30 - Between Macarthur station and City(Town Hall).

Gallery

Neighbouring stations

Freight

An Inland port is located south of Minto station. It consists of a crossover and a siding.fact|date=July 2007 Because there are no facilities for locomotives to change ends of the train, the container trains must have engines at both ends. This is sometimes called Top and tail.fact|date=July 2007

See also

*Mapit-AUS-suburbscale|long=150.842537|lat=-34.027331

References

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