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The Bankstown railway line is a railway line serves the Canterbury-Bankstown and Inner West regions of Sydney between the stations of Sydenham and Regents Park. ==History== The line opened on 1 February 1895, branching from the Illawarra line from Sydenham to Belmore.〔"NSW Railway Passenger Services 1880-1905" ''Australian Railway History" April 2005〕 It was the first solely suburban line to open in Sydney, all other rail lines were mainlines carrying traffic into and out of Sydney. On 14 April 1909, the line was extended to Bankstown, with intermediate stations at Lakemba and Punchbowl. In 1916, the Metropolitan Goods Line was constructed, running parallel to Bankstown line from Marrickville to Campsie. On 16 July 1928, it was extended to Regents Park where it joined the Main South line via a triangular junction.〔(Bankstown Line ) NSWrail.net〕〔(The Bankstown Line - an early history ) CityRail〕 In 1926, the line between Sydenham and Bankstown became the second line in Sydney to be electrified which also saw Punchbowl Maintenance Depot built. Electrification was extended from Bankstown to Regents Park in 1939.〔"Sydney Electric Trains From 1926 to 1960" ''Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin'' issue 762 April 2001〕 Punchbowl Maintenance Depot closed in 1994.〔"Punchbowl Closure Forces Timetable Changes" ''Railway Digest'' February 1995 page 8〕 A new station between Lakemba and Punchbowl at Wiley Park opened on 19 June 1938. In January 2006 a four-year project to upgrade the line was completed. The work included the resleepering of the entire line, replacing the former wooden sleepers with the more durable concrete ones, replacement and upgrade of the signalling, and also replacement of the ageing catenary, mostly with the more modern double contact wire variety. The lengthy upgrade process was noted for its "January Closedowns", in which the entire line was closed in January for the bulk of the upgrade work to take place.〔(Bankstown Line upgrade successfully completed ) CityRail 6 February 2006〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bankstown railway line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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