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58-410: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Inner West %26 Leppington Line 59m (Parramatta to Museum) The Leppington & Inner West Line (numbered T2 , coloured light blue) is a commuter rail service operated by Sydney Trains , serving the inner west and south-western regions of Sydney , Australia . Consisting of 37 stops,
87-637: The 2011 state election , the newly elected O'Farrell government embarked on reform of transport in New South Wales, creating a new organisation, Transport for NSW , in November of that year. This was followed up with another government reform, which saw Sydney Trains take over operation of the Sydney suburban rail network from CityRail in July 2013. Transport for NSW developed a new rail timetable and branding, which
116-580: The Main Suburban railway line , on the local pair of tracks. At Homebush, trains on the "inner west" stopping pattern terminate. Services that proceed further west towards Parramatta to Leppington merge onto the suburban pair of tracks. At Granville, trains can take the Main Western line a short distance to Parramatta or the Old Main South railway line to a junction north of Cabramatta, then continuing onto
145-726: The North Shore & Western Line and Northern Line to improve reliability and capacity. Trains from the west start from the Richmond , Penrith or Epping branches, meet up at Strathfield and travel through the city to Chatswood . Here trains used to split, either continuing up the North Shore Line to Berowra , or via the Chatswood to Epping Line to Hornsby , prior to its conversion to Sydney Metro Northwest in 2018. Many infrastructure upgrades needed to be completed in order to implement
174-606: The Bankstown line through to Lidcombe and Cabramatta into rapid transit. This plan has since been altered to have Bankstown as the terminus of the metro line. The Campbelltown Express Clearway would have separated the section of the East Hills Line east of Revesby by quadruplicating between Kingsgrove and Revesby and sending express trains to the City Circle via Sydenham. This was to allow more frequent express services to
203-505: The Bankstown line's operations from trains on the Main Suburban line . This worked in concert with the Homebush turn-back project, which provided a terminating point for all stations Inner West line trains. This separation was enacted in the October 2013 timetable. The turn-back platform at Lidcombe was also marked in 2012 as a terminal for Sydney Metro Southwest , with original plans to convert
232-492: The Bankstown line. This would have required platforms—partially completed in the 1970s from the Eastern Suburbs line construction—to have been activated at these two stations. The works were cancelled in November 2008, and the plan for frequent operation of express East Hills line services via Sydenham was abandoned. A second Bankstown line project involved the construction of a new turn-back platform at Lidcombe , separating
261-597: The City Circle via East Hills were rebranded as the T8 Airport & South Line , moving to a new number but keeping the original T2's green colour, again aligning with the former CityRail colour scheme for services via East Hills. Despite the separation in branding, the T2 and T8 remain operationally linked, with services from one generally through-running onto the other upon reaching the City Circle. Timetabling changes in 2024 saw
290-722: The City Circle, trains would have headed south-west via the Airport Line to Revesby (running parallel with the Campbelltown Express line from Wolli Creek to Revesby). In the October 2013 timetable, these two clearways were merged to create the Airport, Inner West & South Line . Differences from the original plan include via-Revesby and via-Granville trains sharing tracks between Glenfield and Macarthur , and all-stations and express trains via-Revesby sharing tracks between Revesby and Central. Most trains from Macarthur via Revesby use
319-515: The Main South railway line as far as Glenfield. At a junction south of Glenfield, services switch to the South West Rail Link to reach the terminus at Leppington. The following stations are served by T2 Inner West & Leppington Line trains: The line usually runs on two stopping patterns. The first stopping pattern runs to Leppington, making limited stops between Redfern and Homebush, with
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#1733093106597348-565: The Rail Clearways Program was substantially complete. At the same time, the delivery of 78 new Waratah trains was almost complete as well. A branch of the service along the South West railway line to Leppington commenced operating on 13 December 2015, following the new rail link's completion earlier that year. T2 services replaced an earlier temporary shuttle service between Leppington and Liverpool . A new Sydney Trains timetable
377-492: The amount of infrastructure shared by multiple services. The disparate projects at pinch points throughout the network were designed to increase passenger capacity and improve reliability. All projects were delivered by the Transport Construction Authority until it was subsumed in November 2011 by Transport for New South Wales . A new timetable was introduced in October 2013 that realised the benefit of many of
406-496: The city, relieve pressure on other parts of the network and improve the distribution of passengers. On the Airport & South Clearway, express services would have begun at Glenfield and made their way through Liverpool , Cabramatta , Granville , Lidcombe and Strathfield stations to the City Circle , while all-stations services to the City started at Homebush. After passing through
435-460: The expectations of the timetable for higher speeds. A slower timetable was introduced in September 2005, which significantly improving on-time running of services. The Clearways Programme was intended as the next step in improving the network. The Clearways Programme aimed to divide fourteen rail lines into five independent "clearways", reducing the heavily interwoven nature of the Sydney system. This
464-507: The express tracks between Wolli Creek and Revesby, most Macarthur via Airport services throughout the day now operate via the express tracks, resulting in the full separation of Macarthur express trains from Revesby all-stations trains which continue to use the local tracks. This has resulted in the removal of express trains for Padstow and Riverwood as the express tracks are unable to serve those stations where there are no platforms. The North West Clearway provides an independent corridor for
493-482: The local (pre-existing) tracks between Revesby and Wolli Creek, and make a number of stops along the route. These trains approach the City via the Airport. The route via-Sydenham and the express tracks between Wolli Creek and Revesby are only used by a limited number of peak-hour services as well as NSW Trains services to Goulburn , Canberra , Griffith and Melbourne . In the November 2017 timetable, in addition to peak-hour trains from Macarthur via Sydenham utilising
522-528: The name reordered to be T2 Leppington & Inner West Line . This coincided with the redesignation of T3 services as the Liverpool & Inner West Line , following their realignment to run alongside T2 services via Strathfield rather than via Bankstown as they had previously. Services on the Inner West & Leppington Line commence by taking the City Circle (generally in an anti-clockwise direction) and then
551-470: The peaks. Additionally, there are express trains between Ashfield and the city during the morning peak. (weekdays only) (weekdays only) (weekdays only) The following table shows the patronage of Sydney Trains network for the year ending 30 June 2024. Liverpool & Inner West Line Rail Clearways Program The Rail Clearways Programme was conceived in 2004 with the aim of easing congestion of Sydney's suburban railway network , by reducing
580-558: The pre-Clearways Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line . The projects undertaken on this route have increased passenger capacity. After the Airport line opened in May 2000, most trains from the East Hills line used the new line to approach the city. This eased congestion on the older line between Sydenham and Erskineville , where tracks were shared with services from the Bankstown line . Under
609-414: The programme, new dedicated tracks for the Bankstown line between Sydenham and Erskineville were to be constructed to the west of the existing four tracks to allow express East Hills line trains from Clearway 3 to again run via Sydenham. The Airport line would be served by all-stops East Hills Line trains from Clearway 4. St Peters and Erskineville railway stations were expected to continue to be served by
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#1733093106597638-522: The projects, and by January 2014—the programme was complete. In the mid-2000s, the Government of New South Wales suffered heavy criticism for its perceived mishandling of the Sydney rail network, which had very poor on-time performance following the January 2003 Waterfall train disaster . The safety regime introduced after this crash required drivers to stick to the speed limit, which often caused delays due to
667-427: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Light Blue Line . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Light_Blue_Line&oldid=1160764268 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
696-515: The service commences from the City Circle , then heads west to Granville . The line branches at this point; services either head northwest to Parramatta or south to Leppington . A third terminus at Homebush is used when the part-time Parramatta branch is not operating. The line commenced operations on 26 November 2017, replacing the T2 Airport, Inner West & South Line . Branch to Leppington added (December 2015 to November 2017) Following
725-410: The specific stopping pattern depending on the time of day. West of Homebush all trains make all stops, except for Clyde, where trains do not stop on weekends. The second stopping pattern makes all stops between Redfern and Homebush, with many weekdays trains continuing to Parramatta, making all stops. These two patterns both run at 4tph (trains per hour) during the off-peak, with additional services during
754-469: Was also introduced and the new line was given the number T2 . The 2013 timetable was designed to integrate the projects of the Rail Clearways Program , a 2004 plan to divide the network's fourteen metropolitan rail lines into five independent "clearways" by installing extra tracks, passing loops, turnouts and turnbacks at pinch points around the network, such as at Homebush and Lidcombe. By 2013,
783-792: Was intended to isolate incidents to one part of the network so other lines would still run as scheduled. The "clearways" feed the existing lines through the Sydney Central Business District . As the Carlingford Line does not run through the CBD, it was not included in a "clearway". Track upgrades to the Carlingford Line were still included in the programme, but this was cancelled in the November 2008 Mini-Budget. The Carlingford Line has since closed for Light Rail conversion. The five clearways routes are: This route did not change from
812-566: Was introduced on 26 November 2017, in which the original T2 services were split in two. Existing services from Leppington to the City Circle via Granville , alongside newly extended all stops services from Parramatta that had previously terminated at Homebush , were rebranded as the T2 Inner West & Leppington Line . This reduced T2 was recoloured light blue, harkening back to CityRail's historical colour scheme for services along this route. Meanwhile, former T2 services from Macarthur to
841-517: Was put into effect on 20 October 2013. This saw three former CityRail services, the Airport & East Hills Line ( Macarthur - City Circle via Sydney Airport or Sydenham ), the Inner West Line ( Liverpool or Bankstown - City Circle via Regents Park ) and the South Line ( Campbelltown - City Circle via Granville ), merged to form the Airport, Inner West & South Line . A new numbering system
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