Rail Clearways Program
Project Clearway Description Opened
Berowra third platform North West Allows through trains to pass terminating suburban trains October 2006
Bondi Junction turnback and stabling sidings Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Improves terminating capacity and provides more space for trains to be stabled in off-peak periods July 2006
Carlingford line passing loop at Rydalmere N/A Would have provided a passing opportunity on the single track section between Rosehill and Carlingford Cancelled November 2008
Erskineville-Sydenham six tracks Bankstown Campbelltown Express Would have created a new track pair for Bankstown line trains , allowing Campbelltown Express trains to have their own track pair Cancelled November 2008
Homebush Turnback Airport & South Breaks the Bankstown loop by giving Inner West line trains a place to terminate where six tracks reduce to four March 2011
Hornsby fifth platform North West Allows through trains to pass terminating suburban trains March 2009
Kingsgrove-Revesby Quadruplication Campbelltown Express Airport & South Allows express trains to overtake and remain separate from all stops services , in conjunction with existing four track section between Wolli Creek and Kingsgrove April 2013
Lidcombe Turnback Bankstown Breaks the Bankstown loop by giving Bankstown line trains a place to terminate November 2010
Liverpool Second Turnback Bankstown New platform for through trains , allowing conversion of existing through platform and side turnback into two centre turnbacks January 2014
Macarthur fourth platform and upgrade Campbelltown Express New platform for through trains , allowing conversion of existing through platform into centre turnback Stage one ( upgrade ) : December 2010 Stage two ( new platform ) deferred 2013
Macdonaldtown Turnback Airport & South Allows trains to layover close to the city December 2005
Macdonaldtown Stabling Airport & South Extension of Macdonaldtown Turnback November 2007
Quakers Hill-Vineyard Duplication North West Improves capacity to support new suburbs in North-Western Sydney Schofields - Vineyard deferred Oct 2008 Quakers Hill - Schofields : October 2011
Revesby Turnback Airport & South Replacement of side turnback at East Hills with more efficient centre turnback December 2008
Sutherland-Cronulla Duplication Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Duplication of single track sections between Sutherland and Gymea and between Caringbah and Cronulla to improve capacity April 2010
Projects
Many infrastructure upgrades needed to be completed in order to implement the Clearways plan . These projects included upgrading stations , adding extra tracks , stabling facilities , or upgrading junctions . The projects were :
The Rail Clearways Program was a program of public works on Sydney's suburban railway network conceived in 2004 with the aim of easing congestion by reducing the amount of infrastructure shared by multiple services. The disparate projects at pinch points throughout the network were designed to increase capacity and improve reliability. All projects were delivered by the Transport Construction Authority until it was subsumed in November 2011 by Transport for New South Wales. Following the introduction of a new timetable in October 2013 that realised the benefit of many of the projects, the program was completed with the opening of the final upgrade in January 2014.