The More Trains, More Services program is a multi-billion-dollar program designed to simplify and modernise the rail network. Passengers will be able to access more services on a simpler and more reliable network through the delivery of better infrastructure, new trains and extra services.
Delivering the program is essential to integrate Sydney Metro City & Southwest with the heavy rail network in 2024 and the introduction of the Mariyung trains to the South Coast Line.
The program has so far delivered 41 new Waratah Series 2 trains and more than 1700 additional weekly services since 2017.
The 2023–2024 NSW Budget allocated $681.6 million to continue the implementation of the program.
Key benefits
- More services for the T8 Airport Line, including an 80 per cent increase at Airport stations
- A 30 per cent increase in peak services on the T4 Illawarra Line, with extra services from Cronulla, Waterfall and Hurstville
- More services on the T2 Inner West Line, with an extra four services in the peak
- More services on the South Coast Line, meaning a service every 15 minutes in the peak and every 30 minutes in the off peak between Wollongong and the Sydney CBD
- New trains are also being delivered as part of the program, including 98 additional Mariyung fleet carriages.
Project status
2024 Rail Timetable
As part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project, the T3 Bankstown Line is being upgraded to metro standards between Sydenham and Bankstown. Transport will introduce a new rail timetable in 2024 to support the closure of the T3 Bankstown Line between Sydenham and Bankstown.
The new timetable will include changes for current T3 Bankstown Line stations not converting to metro, as well as changes for other lines across the network.
For stations west of Bankstown, rail services currently operating between Liverpool and the City Circle via Bankstown will instead run to the Sydney CBD via Regents Park and Lidcombe. A rail service will also operate between Lidcombe and Bankstown, with Regents Park to be the main interchange point for passengers travelling to Bankstown, Liverpool and the Sydney CBD.
Erskineville and St Peters stations will continue to receive direct services to the Sydney CBD via the T8 Airport & South Line until these stations are moved to the T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line permanently.
