Inner West & Leppington Line
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A Sydney Trains A set at Glenfield.
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| Service type | Commuter rail service | |||||||||||||
| Status | Operational | |||||||||||||
| Locale | Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||
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| First service | 26 November 2017 | |||||||||||||
| Current operator(s) | Sydney Trains | |||||||||||||
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| Start | City Circle | |||||||||||||
| Stops | 37 | |||||||||||||
| End | Leppington, Parramatta | |||||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||
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| S, K, C, M and A sets | ||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | Standard gauge | |||||||||||||
| Electrification | Overhead 1500V DC | |||||||||||||
| Track owner(s) | RailCorp | |||||||||||||
| Timetable number(s) | T2 | |||||||||||||
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The Inner West & Leppington Line (numbered T2, coloured light blue) is a commuter rail service operated by Sydney Trains, serving the inner west and south-western regions of Sydney, Australia. Consisting 37 stops, the service commences from the City Circle, then heads west to Granville. The line branches at this point; services either head northwest to Parramatta or south to Leppington. A third terminus at Homebush is used when the part-time Parramatta branch isn't operating. The line commenced operations on 26 November 2017, replacing the T2 Airport, Inner West & South Line.
Following the 2011 state election, the newly-elected O'Farrell government embarked on reform of transport in New South Wales, and created a new organisation, Transport for NSW, in November of that year. This was followed up with another government reform, which saw Sydney Trains take over operation of the Sydney suburban rail network from CityRail in July 2013.
Transport for NSW developed a new rail timetable and branding, which was put into effect on 20 October 2013. This saw three of CityRail's lines - the Airport & East Hills Line (), the Inner West Line () and the South Line () - merged together to form the Airport, Inner West & South Line. A new numbering system was also introduced and the new line was given the number T2. The 2013 timetable was designed to integrate the projects of the Rail Clearways Program, a 2004 plan to divide the network's fourteen metropolitan rail lines into five independent "clearways" by installing extra tracks, passing loops, turnouts and turnbacks at pinch points around the network. By 2013, the Rail Clearways Program was substantially complete. At the same time, the delivery of 78 new Waratah trains was almost complete as well.
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