Sydney's T6 Carlingford Train Line Is Closing Permanently
It's closing in January to make way for the Parramatta Light Rail — but that won't be opening till 2023.
Come January next year, one of western Sydney's train lines will be no more. The T6 Carlingford Line, which runs from Carlingford to Clyde — where commuters can change onto the T1 North Shore & Western Line and T2 Inner West & Leppington Line — is set to close on January 5, 2020, to make way for the Parramatta Light Rail.
The light rail will connect Carlingford to Westmead via Camellia and Parramatta's CBD, but it isn't set to launch until 2023. So, in the interim, Carlingford residents wanting to board the T1 or T2 will need to jump on a bus — the soon-to-launch 535, which will travel from Carlingford to Parramatta. Thankfully, it's set to be a lot more frequent than the T6 train, with Transport for NSW promising buses every 15 minutes during peak hour, compared to the current two trains per hour.
Parramatta Light Rail Stage One map
Commuters wanting to travel from Carlingford to Clyde will need to bus to Parramatta then jump on a train.
Once complete, the $2.4 billion Light Rail is expected to be a 'turn-up-and-go' service, and will connect surrounding suburbs to the Bankwest Stadium and new Powerhouse Museum. A second stage of the project would see the rail extended from Rydalmere to Sydney Olympic Park.
The T6 Carlingford line is set to close on January 5, 2020 and will be replaced by the 535 bus until the Parramatta Light Rail opens in 2023. You can find out more about the Light Rail project over here.
