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Punchbowl Station

About Punchbowl Station

Customers at Punchbowl Station will have a new air-conditioned metro train every four minutes in the peak – that’s 15 trains an hour. Before the T3 line closure, Punchbowl Station was serviced by eight trains an hour in the morning peak.

The station will be upgraded with new lifts for the first time, level access between the platforms and trains, and platform screen doors to keep people and objects away from the tracks.

Planning and compliance

Sydney Metro received planning approval on 19 December 2018 to upgrade the T3 Bankstown Line between Sydenham and Bankstown to metro standards.

The Submissions and Preferred Infrastructure Report for the Sydenham to Bankstown Metro upgrade was on exhibition until 18 July 2018.

A Station Design and Precinct Plan (SDPP) has been finalised for Punchbowl Station that shows how the new station design has developed and how it will integrate with the surrounding precinct. The summary document details key improvements.

Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd was awarded the contract to upgrade Dulwich Hill, Campsie, Punchbowl, Hurlstone Park, Belmore and Wiley Park stations on the more than 125-year-old T3 Bankstown Line to metro rail standards. John Holland Pty Ltd and Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd Joint Venture is delivering the final package of station upgrade works.

Martinus Rail has been awarded the contract to upgrade locations adjacent to the corridor with protective measures to reduce the risk of vehicles impacting the network.

For more information see City & Southwest planning and compliance documentation to find out more about our major contractors involved in the project.

If you are having difficulty locating a document, please contact the City & Southwest project at sydneymetro@transport.nsw.gov.au or call our 24-hour community information line on 1800 171 386.

Travel times

Punchbowl to:Now (minutes)Sydney Metro (minutes)Savings (minutes)
CentralUp to 3126Up to 5
Pitt Street (new CBD station)Up to 42*28Up to 14
Barangaroo (new CBD station)Up to 56*32Up to 24
Victoria Cross (North Sydney)Up to 57*35Up to 22
ChatswoodUp to 65*41Up to 24
Macquarie UniversityUp to 76*52Up to 24

* Includes time to interchange and/or walk

Wiley Park Station

Bankstown Station

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