Green Square railway station is located on the Airport line in the locality of Green Square. The station is situated at a five-way intersection which is the meeting point of the four suburbs, Alexandria, Zetland, Waterloo and Beaconsfield. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South line services.
Green Square | |||||||||||
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 Station front in March 2011 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Botany Road, Alexandria | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°54′22″S 151°12′09″E / 33.9061°S 151.2026°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Airport Link Company | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Airport Link Company | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Airport | ||||||||||
| Distance | 2.60 kilometres south from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 5am-11.30pm
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| Station code | GQE | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 May 2000 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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History edit
Green Square station opened on 21 May 2000 when the Airport line opened from Central to Wolli Creek.[3] Like other stations on the line, Green Square was built and is operated by the Airport Link Company as part of a public–private partnership.[4]
Prior to March 2011, passengers were required to pay an access fee to use the station. The access fee was removed after the State Government reached an agreement with the Airport Link Company to pay the fee at Green Square and Mascot stations on behalf of passengers.[5] Patronage increased by around 70% at the two stations in the months following the removal of the fee.[6] By 2018, patronage was growing at an annual rate of around 25 percent, leading to overcrowding at peak times.[7]
Green Square station featured in the music video clip for Marvin Priest's "Own This Club".
Platforms and services edit
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Central & the City Circle | [8] | |
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| 2 | services to Revesby & Macarthur 2 weekday evening peak services to Campbelltown |
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Station layout edit
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance to O'Riordan Street and Botany Road |
| M | Mezzanine | |
| C | Concourse | Fare control, Platform access |
| P Platform level |
Side platform | |
| Outbound | → toward Revesby and Macarthur (Mascot) | |
| Inbound | toward Central and City Circle (Central) ← | |
| Side platform | ||
References edit
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Green Square Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Train fares to fall at two stations Sydney Morning Herald 2 March 2011
- ^ Green Square and Mascot commuters to save $17 a week CityRail 2 March 2011
- ^ "Budget Estimates Committee hearing transcript" (PDF). 25 October 2011. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Matt (21 November 2018). "'Transport mess': Passengers at one Sydney station nearly double in three years". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ a b "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.
External links edit
- Green Square Station at Transport for New South Wales (Archived 10 June 2019)