Panania railway station

Template:Infobox CityRail station 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 22.5 km 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 Hills. 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. The station building has recently been painted in the current cream and green CityRail station colour scheme.

Platforms and services

Current service patterns consist of four trains per hour during weekday peak hours and two trains per hour at other times. Previously Panania was served by local all-stations services between East Hills and the city, however as of October 2009 it is served by Campbelltown express trains due to the opening of the Revesby turnback, whereby local trains are turned back at Revesby rather than at East Hills. This has resulted in reduced travel times of 5 to 10 minutes between Panania and the city and a reduced off-peak frequency compared with previous years.

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

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	Airport and East Hills line	All stations and limited stops services to Central and the Template:City Circle alt via the Airport or Sydenham
2	Airport and East Hills line	All stations and limited stops services to Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur via East Hills

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)

Gallery

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  Platforms, looking west
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  Platforms, looking east prior to shelter construction
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  Northern side entrance
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  Southern side entrance
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  Platform 2 and ticket office from footbridge, looking west
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  Platform 1 from footbridge, looking west
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  Platform 2 from footbridge, looking east
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  Ticket office building
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  Platform 2, looking west
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  Platform 2, looking east
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  The station at night

Trackplan

Track arrangement at Panania

Notes and references

Preceding station		CityRail		Following station
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