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Getting Sydney back on track

The biggest coordinated program of rail maintenance ever undertaken in Sydney has begun.

Sydney Trains has created the Rail Repair Plan, an accelerated maintenance program that will take place over the next year or more to build a more reliable and resilient train network.

We’ve done our best to minimise impacts to passengers, focusing our maintenance work outside of peak times, predominantly on weekends, and staggering it across different lines on different weekends so trains can still run. We recognise some disruption is inevitable.

Check your line below to see if your travel may be affected.

How to keep updated

The Sydney Rail Repair Plan has been prepared in response to the recent recommendations made by the expert panel conducting the Sydney Trains Review.

The primary recommendation was to focus on clearing the extensive maintenance backlog across the network, reduce equipment failures and restore reliability.

Sydney Trains has now created the Rail Repair Plan, an accelerated maintenance program that will take place over the next year or more to build a more reliable and resilient train network.

Maintenance work is being prioritised during existing trackwork windows such as on weekends, weeknights, during school holidays or during off peak on a weekday when fewer people are catching trains.

We work closely with our event planning team to ensure there will be transport options to get you where you need to go.

If you’re using the rail network on weekends, please plan ahead using tools such the Trip Planner, the Opal Travel app and check travel alerts or subscribe to the trackwork alert email to keep up-to-date with the latest changes.

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Trackwork Monday 6 to Sunday 12 May 2024

Monday 6 to Thursday 9 May

  • Nightly from 9.50pm to 1.30am, trains run in one direction only, from Central first stop Town Hall.
  • Some trains may start or end at Central, run to a changed timetable or leave from different platforms.
  • You may need to change trains to continue your journey.
  • The light rail runs in both directions between Circular Quay and Central.

Friday 10 to Sunday 12 May    

  • From 9.30pm Friday, trains will not run on the City Circle, or between Central and Wynyard.
  • For travel around the City, use L2 or L3 light rail services between Central Chalmers Street and Circular Quay, or local buses.
  • T4 trains run between Central and Bondi Junction, stopping at Town Hall, Martin Place and Kings Cross.

Monday 6 to Thursday 9 May

  • Nightly from 9.40pm to 1.30am, buses replace trains between Hornsby and Wynyard.
  • From Wynyard, catch a City Circle train or the light rail to continue your journey.

Friday 10 to Sunday 12 May

  • From 9.30pm Friday, buses replace trains between North Sydney and Wynyard.
  • Trains run to a changed timetable between Hornsby and North Sydney only.
  • T9 trains run between Berowra and Central, platforms 1-12, via Strathfield.
  • From Wynyard, catch the light rail or local buses to continue your journey.

Monday 6 to Thursday 9 May

  • Nightly from 10pm to 1.30am, trains start and end at Central, platforms 1-12.

Friday 10 to Sunday 12 May

  • From 9.30pm Friday to 2am Monday, most trains run to a changed timetable and stopping pattern between Penrith and Central, platforms 1-12, via Strathfield.
  • Most Richmond trains run between Richmond and Olympic Park.
     
  • From 9.30pm Friday to 2am Saturday, 5.30pm Saturday to 6am Sunday and 10.30pm Sunday to 2am Monday, trains from Penrith to Central run via Strathfield, in that direction only. Trains from Central to Penrith run via Bankstown.
  • Express buses replace trains from Central to Strathfield.
  • T2 trains run between Ashfield and Leppington or Campbelltown via Granville. If you are travelling from Strathfield to T1 Western Line stations you will need to change trains at Granville.
     
  • Saturday from 5.50am to 8.45am, buses replace trains between Richmond and Blacktown.
  • From 8.45am to 11am, buses replace trains between Richmond and Schofields.
  • Trains run between Blacktown or Schofields and Olympic Park only.
     
  • Sunday from 6.30am to 10.30, trains between Richmond and Parramatta. Change trains at Parramatta to continue your journey.

Friday 10 to Sunday 12 May

  • From 9.30pm Friday to 2am Monday, buses replace Inner West trains between Ashfield and Central.
  • Trains run to a changed timetable and stopping pattern between Leppington or Campbelltown and Ashfield via Granville only.
     
  • Limited stop trains run between Strathfield and Central, platforms 1-12, except from 9.30pm Friday to 2am Saturday, 5.30pm Saturday to 6am Sunday and 10.30pm Sunday to 2am Monday, when trains run from Strathfield to Central, platforms 1-12, in that direction only.
  • Change at Strathfield for trains to Central, or at Ashfield for all-stations buses towards Central.
  • Express buses replace trains from Central to Strathfield.
     
  • From 5.50am Saturday to 6pm Sunday, buses also replace trains between Leppington and Glenfield.
  • Trains run between Campbelltown and Ashfield via Granville only.
  • From 6pm Sunday, trains run between Leppington and Ashfield via Granvile only.
     
  • Trackwork on the City Circle may also affect how you travel. Change at Central for T4 trains, the light rail, or local buses to continue your journey.

Friday 10 to Sunday 12 May

  • From 9.30pm Friday, trains run between Liverpool or Lidcombe and Sydenham only.
  • Some T4 trains make extra stops at St Peters and Erskineville.

Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April

  • Buses replace trains between Cronulla and Sutherland.
  • Saturday from 11.30pm to 2.20am, buses also replace trains between Waterfall and Hurstville.

Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 May

  • Nightly from 11.50pm to 1.30am, some trains run between Richmond or Leppington and Olympic Park only.
  • Change trains at Granville to continue your journey.

Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May   

  • Saturday from 5.50am to 8.45am, buses replace trains between Richmond and Blacktown.
  • From 8.45am to 11am, buses replace trains between Richmond and Schofields.
  • From 5.50am Saturday to 6pm Sunday, buses replace trains between Leppington and Glenfield.

No trackwork scheduled.

Monday 6 to Friday 10 May

  • Monday to Thursday, nightly from 9.50pm and Friday from 9.30pm, some trains start and end at Central due to City Circle trackwork.

Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May    

  • Most Revesby trains run between Revesby and Central only, via the Airport.
  • Most Macarthur trains run between Macarthur and Sydenham only. Change trains at Revesby if you are travelling to Airport stations.
  • T4 Illawarra Line trains run between Sydenham and Bondi Junction.
     
  • From 5.50am Saturday to 6pm Sunday, extra trains run between Campbelltown and Ashfield via Granville.
     
  • From 5.30pm Saturday to 6am Sunday and 10.30pm Sunday to 2am Monday, trains stop at all stations between Macarthur and Central via the Airport.

Monday 6 to Thursday 9 May

  • Nightly from 10pm to 1.30am, trains run between Hornsby and Central, platforms 1-12 only.

Friday 10 to Sunday 12 May

  • From 9.30pm Friday to 2am Monday, most trains run to a changed timetable and stopping pattern between Berowra or Hornsby and Central, platforms 1-12 only.
  • Some trains may run between Hornsby and Epping only.
  • From 9.30pm Friday to 2am Saturday, 5.30pm Saturday to 6am Sunday and 10.30pm Sunday to 2am Monday, trains run between Berowra and Ashfield only. Buses replace trains between Ashfield and Central.
  • Limited stop trains run from Strathfield to Central, platforms 1-12, in that direction only.
  • Change at Strathfield for trains to Central, or at Ashfield for all-stations buses towards Central.
  • Express buses replace trains from Central to Strathfield.

Friday 10 to Sunday 12 May

  • From 9.30pm Friday to 2am Saturday, 5.30pm Saturday to 6am Sunday and 10.30pm Sunday to 2am Monday, most trains run to a changed timetable between Blue Mountains Line stations and Blacktown only.
  • T1 trains run from Penrith to Central via Strathfield, in that direction only. Trains from Central to Penrith run via Bankstown.

Friday 10 to Sunday 12 May

  • From 9.30pm Friday to 2am Saturday, 5.30pm Saturday to 6am Sunday and 10.30pm Sunday to 2am Monday, trains run to a changed timetable between Central Coast & Newcastle Line stations and Strathfield only.
  • Limited stop trains run from Strathfield to Central, platforms 1-12, in that direction only.
  • Express buses replace trains from Central to Strathfield.

No trackwork scheduled

Monday 6 to Thursday 9 May

  • Nightly from 9.50pm to 1.30am, trains will not stop at Wolli Creek, but make extra stops at Arncliffe and Sydenham.
  • Buses run between Sydenham, Wolli Creek and Arncliffe.

Thursday 9 May  

  • From 9.20am to 2.15pm, buses replace trains between Port Kembla and Wollongong.

Saturday 11 May

  • From 4.40am to 4pm, buses replace trains between Goulburn, Moss Vale and Campbelltown.

Trackwork Monday 13 to Sunday 19 May 2024

No trackwork scheduled.

No trackwork scheduled.

Wednesday 15 May

  • From 10.50pm to 1.30am, most trains make extra stops at Homebush and Burwood.

Friday 17 May 

  • From 10.50pm to 2am, buses replace trains between Emu Plains and St Marys.
  • Trains run between St Marys and the City, some to a changed timetable.

Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May   

  • Buses replace trains between Emu Plains and Parramatta.
  • Trains run to a changed timetable between Richmond and Blacktown, and between Parramatta and the City.

Wednesday 15 May

  • From 10.50pm to 1.30am, buses replace Inner West trains between Strathfield and Ashfield.
  • Trains run between Ashfield and the City Circle, some to a changed timetable.
  • Leppington trains continue to run but will not stop at Ashfield.
  • Most T1 Western Line trains make extra stops at Homebush and Burwood.

Monday 13 to Thursday 16 May

  • Nightly from 9.30pm to 2am, buses replace trains between Bankstown and Sydenham.
  • Trains run between Liverpool or Lidcombe and Bankstown, some to a changed timetable.
  • T4 trains run between Sydenham and Bondi Junction, making extra stops at St Peters and Erskineville.

Monday 13 to Thursday 16 May

  • Nightly from 9.50pm to 2.30am, buses replace trains between Cronulla and Sutherland.
  • Trains run between Waterfall, Sutherland and Bondi Junction, making extra stops at St Peters and Erskineville, to a changed timetable.

Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May   

  • Buses replace trains between Cronulla and Sutherland.
  • Trains run between Waterfall, Sutherland and Bondi Junction, to a changed timetable.
     
  • Saturday from 11.30pm to 2.20am, buses also replace trains between Waterfall and Hurstville.
  • Trains run between Hurstville and Bondi Junction, some to a changed timetable.

Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May

  • Buses replace trains between Blacktown and Parramatta.
  • Trains run to a changed timetable between Richmond and Blacktown, and between Parramatta or Leppington and the City via Granville.
  • Change at Granville to continue your journey.

No trackwork scheduled.

No trackwork scheduled.

No trackwork scheduled.

Monday 13 to Friday 17 May

  • Buses replace trains between Lithgow and Mount Victoria.
  • Trains run between Mount Victoria and Central, some to a changed timetable.
  • Bathurst trains run between Bathurst and Lithgow or Central, to a changed timetable.
  • Some early morning and late-night services will run between Bathurst and Mount Victoria.
     
  • Friday from 9.30pm, buses replace trains from Lithgow to Blacktown.
  • From 11pm, buses replace trains from Blacktown to Lithgow.
  • T1 Western Line trains run between the City and St Marys, to a changed timetable. Change at Blacktown for buses to Blue Mountains Line stations.

Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May   

  • Buses replace trains between Bathurst and Parramatta.
  • T1 Western Line trains run between Parramatta and the City, to a changed timetable.

Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May

  • Buses replace trains between Wyong and Gosford.
  • Trains run between Newcastle Interchange and Wyong, and between Gosford and Central, some to a changed timetable.
     
  • Saturday from 6.50pm to 4.50am Sunday, buses replace trains between Newcastle Interchange and Gosford.

Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May

  • Some trains may run to a changed timetable due to trackwork on the Central Coast & Newcastle Line.

Saturday 18 May   

  • From 11.30pm to 2.20am, buses replace trains between Waterfall and Hurstville. Trains run between South Coast Line stations and Waterfall only, to a changed timetable.
  • T4 Illawarra Line trains run between Hurstville and Bondi Junction, some to a changed timetable.

No trackwork scheduled.