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Berala
North-east bound view from Platform 1, October 2022
General information
Location	Woodburn Road, Berala Australia
Coordinates	33°52′19″S 151°01′56″E / 33.871865°S 151.032212°E / -33.871865; 151.032212
Elevation	25 metres (82 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Southern
Distance	18.36 kilometres (11.41 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am-7pm Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed
Station code	BEJ
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	11 November 1912
Rebuilt	6 December 1924
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023	895,480 (year) 2,453 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Regents Parktowards Liverpool Liverpool & Inner West Line Lidcombetowards City Circle LidcombeTerminus Lidcombe & Bankstown Line Regents Parktowards Bankstown
Former services Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Lidcombetowards Lidcombe or Liverpool Bankstown Line (until 2024) Regents Parktowards City Circle

Berala railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Berala. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line and T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line services.

History

The original Berala station opened on 11 November 1912 when a line opened from Lidcombe to Regents Park. When it was decided to extend the line from Regents Park to Cabramatta as a branch of the Main South line, a deviation was built and a new Berala station opened on 6 December 1924. The NSW Government originally proposed the current alignment of the railway be without rail bridges over Vaughan St and Kerrs Road prompting a Lidcomobe Council led community backlash in the early 1920s.

An accessibility upgrade, including lift access to the station, was announced in 2015. As of August 2017 Berala Station is now wheelchair accessible by way of lift.

In February 2018, during a Cumberland City Council meeting Councillor Kun Huang cited historical NSW Government land subdivision posters outlining direct train services from Berala to Sydney (via Lidcombe) in the 1930s had a journey time of 22 minutes.

The NSW Government changes to train services have generally lacked community support from Berala commuters, with resentment from the removal of direct services to City Circle and Liverpool via Regents Park in 2013 as well as opposition to the Sydney Metro Southwest project due to the removal of alternative route to City Circle via Bankstown and Sydenham.

Platforms and services

Historically Berala was served by services from the City Circle and Lidcombe operating to Bankstown and Liverpool on an alternate basis. This changed in the early 2000s, when most services to Liverpool were altered to operate via Bankstown. With the terminus of services to Museum changed to Homebush on 20 October 2013, Platform 1 operated two daily City services via Strathfield and otherwise operated Lidcombe services. Since 19 October 2024, Berala is served by T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line with services to City Circle and shuttle services on the T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line.

Transport links

This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: Transdev NSW no longer operates these routes, these routes have been taken by Transit Systems NSW - please update the timetable references as well. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2024)

Transdev NSW operates one bus route via Berala station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 908: Bankstown station to Merrylands station

Berala station is served by one NightRide route:

• N50: Liverpool station to Town Hall station

Accidents

• Railway accidents in New South Wales § Berala train collision, 1952

References

1. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
2. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
3. "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
4. "Berala Station". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
5. "Berala Railway Station Group". New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage. 2009. 4800211. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
6. Municipality of Lidcombe. "Lidcombe Triennial Report 1920 to 1922 D" (PDF). Cumberland City Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
7. "Budget delivers more accessible public transport". Transport for NSW. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
8. Line, Restore Inner West (12 November 2017). "Berala needs our trains back! The 1930s had better services!". Restore Inner West Line. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
9. "Archive | Cumberland City Council Meetings Webcast". webcast.cumberland.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
10. NSW Department of Planning and Environment (September 2018). "SYDENHAM TO BANKSTOWN SUBMISSIONS REPORT". NSW Planning Portal. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
11. Transport for NSW, Customer Experience Division (14 October 2024). "2024 timetable changes". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
12. "Transdev NSW route 908". Transport for NSW.
13. "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

External links

• Berala station details Transport for New South Wales

• Railway stations in Australia opened in 1912
• Railway stations in Australia opened in 1924
• Easy Access railway stations in Sydney
• Main Southern railway line, New South Wales
• Cumberland Council, New South Wales