Here’s the update on scheduled trackwork affecting services. Plan your trip and work out any extra travel time you need.
- From 1 November, COVID Safe capacity on public transport will increase to around 75 percent. More green dots will allow you to sit next to each other. Face masks are mandatory on public transport, including taxis, ride share and hire cars across NSW.
- From 6pm Monday 20 to 6am Tuesday 21 December, Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink intercity services will not run due to planned industrial action. From 3pm Monday, some services will be cancelled. Regional trains will also be significantly disrupted. Consider using alternative transport.
T1 North Shore Line
Monday 20 to Thursday 23 December
- Nightly from 10.50pm until 1.30am, some trains may run to a changed timetable due to trackwork between Central and Homebush.
Saturday 1 January
- From 11pm Saturday until 5am Sunday, trains run between Berowra or Hornsby and Central only.
T1 Western Line
Monday 20 to Thursday 23 December
- Nightly from 10.50pm until 1.30am, some Penrith trains run to a changed timetable and make extra stops at some stations between Homebush and Macdonaldtown.
Wednesday 29 December
- From 10.50pm until 1.30am, some trains make an extra stop at Homebush.
Saturday 1 January
- From 11pm until 5am, trains run to a changed timetable between Penrith and Ashfield only. Buses replace all trains between Ashfield and Central.
T2 Inner West & Leppington Line
Monday 20 to Thursday 23 December
- Nightly from 10.50pm until 1.30am, the all-stations Homebush trains will not run.
Sunday 26 to Friday 31 December
- Homebush trains run between Liverpool and the City via Regents Park.
- On Monday and Tuesday, daily from 4.40am until 7am, buses replace the all-stations Homebush trains from Central to Ashfield, in that direction only.
- On Tuesday from 11.50pm until 1.30am, Homebush trains run between Homebush and the City only.
- On Wednesday from 10.50pm until 1.30am, buses replace the all-stations Homebush trains between Strathfield and Ashfield.
Saturday 1 to Monday 3 January
- Homebush trains run between Liverpool and the City via Regents Park.
- Saturday from 6.30am until 10.30am, Homebush trains run between Ashfield and the City only.
- From 11pm Saturday until 5am Sunday, trains run to a changed timetable between Leppington and Ashfield only, making extra stops at Homebush and Croydon. Buses replace all trains between Ashfield and Central.
T3 Bankstown Line
Sunday 26 to Tuesday 28 December
- Buses replace trains between Lidcombe and Central via Bankstown.
Wednesday 29 December to Sunday 9 January
- Buses replace trains between Lidcombe and Sydenham.
- Until 10am Friday 31 December, T4 Illawarra Line trains run between Sydenham and Bondi Junction, making extra stops at St Peters and Erskineville.
- From 10am Friday 31 December, extra trains run between Sydenham and the City Circle, stopping at St Peters and Erskineville.
T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
Sunday 26 to Tuesday 28 December
- Buses replace trains between Sydenham and Central.
Wednesday 29 to Friday 31 December
- Until 10am Friday, all Cronulla and some Waterfall trains make extra stops at St Peters and Erskineville.
- Daily between 8am and 8pm, extra trains run between Hurstville and Bondi Junction.
Monday 3 January
- From 11am until 1pm, trains make extra stops at St Peters and Erskineville.
T5 Cumberland Line
Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 December
- Nightly from 11.50pm until 1.30am, some trains run to a changed timetable and stopping pattern between Richmond and Granville, and between Granville and Leppington only. Some trains start and end at Olympic Park.
Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 December
- Daily from 2am until 7.40am, trains run between Richmond and North Sydney, and between Leppington and the City.
Friday 31 December
- From 2pm until 4am, trains run between Richmond and North Sydney, and between Leppington and the City.
T8 Airport & South Line
Sunday 26 to Thursday 30 December
- Some trains run to a changed timetable and stopping pattern.
T9 Northern Line
Monday 20 to Thursday 23 December
- Nightly from 10.50pm until 1.30am, some trains run to a changed timetable and make extra stops at some stations between Strathfield and Macdonaldtown.
Saturday 1 January
- From 11pm until 5am, buses replace all trains between Strathfield and Central.
Blue Mountains Line
Monday 20 to Thursday 23 December
- Nightly from 11pm until 4am, some trains run to a changed timetable due to trackwork between Homebush and Central.
Sunday 26 to Tuesday 28 December
- Until 6am Tuesday, trains run between Blue Mountains Line stations and Strathfield only. Change trains at Strathfield to continue your journey.
Saturday 1 to Monday 3 January
- From 12pm Saturday, trains run between Blue Mountains Line stations and Strathfield only.
- From 11pm Saturday until 5 Sunday, buses replace all trains between Strathfield and Central.
Central Coast & Newcastle Line
Monday 20 to Thursday 23 December
- Nightly from 11pm until 4.15am, some trains run to a changed timetable due to trackwork between Homebush and Central.
- Wednesday to Friday, buses replace the selected trains from Central to Strathfield.
Sunday 26 to Tuesday 28 December
- Until 6am Tuesday, trains run between Central Coast & Newcastle Line stations and North Sydney via Strathfield, stopping at all stations between Central and North Sydney.
Saturday 1 January
- From 12pm until 11pm, trains run between Central Coast & Newcastle Line stations and North Sydney via Strathfield, stopping at all stations between Central and North Sydney.
- From 11pm Saturday until 4.40am Sunday, buses replace all trains between Strathfield and Central.
Hunter Line
Wednesday 22 December
- Buses replace selected trains between Maitland and Muswellbrook.
South Coast Line
Sunday 26 to Tuesday 28 December
- Buses replace trains between Sydenham and Central.
Saturday 1 January
- Buses replace the 03:48 Kiama to Bomaderry service.
Saturday 1 January
- From 8am until 4pm, at Corrimal, Bellambi, Woonona and Bulli, trains towards Thirroul leave from platform 2, not platform 1.
Sunday 2 January
- From 8am until 4pm, at North Wollongong, Fairy Meadow and Towradgi, trains towards Thirroul leave from platform 2, not platform 1.
Source: TfNSW