Green Square railway station

Green Square
Green Square
	Airport & East Hills Line
Station code	GQE
Suburb	Alexandria
Street(s)	Botany Road; O'Riordan Street
Distance from Central Station	2.71 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops; Suburban limited stops
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	2 Side
Type of station	Underground
Ticket barriers	Yes
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

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Green Square railway station is an underground station on the Airport branch of the Airport and East Hills line in Sydney, Australia. It is located at Green Square, a complex road intersection at the northern tip of Alexandria. The station is accessible by disabled passengers and is generally staffed, except at later hours of the day. The station seating is of a different design to the rest of the CityRail network-wide standard, with Street Furniture supplying the "Park Slim Bench"^[1]

Green Square was constructed as a commuter station with four levels, of which the lower two, the platforms and station concourse, are publicly accessible. Together with St Peters, it serves the industrial and business areas of Alexandria. The area is predominantly light industrial, with a small amount of high density residential development. Green Square station is at the centre of a mooted "Green Square Town Centre" project that would see much of the area, and nearby Zetland given over to high-density residential and commercial development. This development was considered by the Central Sydney Planning Committee in December 2005.^[2]

[edit] History

Like other stations on this line, Green Square was built and is operated by a private company as part of a Public Private Partnership. Before March 2011, station users were required to pay a small access fee ("Gatepass") to use the station. The NSW Government reached an agreement with the station operator to pay the access fees at Green Square and Mascot on behalf of passengers.^[3] Patronage increased by around 70% at the two stations in the months following the removal of the fee.^[4]

Green Square railway station is featured in the video clip of Marvin Priest's song Own This Club.

[edit] Platforms and services

The station serves trains on the Airport & East Hills Line. Services runs approximately every 10–15 minutes in each direction.

The station is served by four to six trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.

Platform	Line	Stopping Pattern	Notes
	Airport & East Hills Line	all stations services to Central and the City Circle
	Airport & East Hills Line	all stations and limited stops services to Kingsgrove, Revesby, Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur via the Airport

[edit] Transport links

Sydney Buses runs four routes via Green Square station:

Route 309 - north to Circular Quay station via Botany Road, Redfern, Central Station & Elizabeth Street, south to Port Botany via Botany Road, Mascot, Botany, Banksmeadow & Matraville
Route L09 - north to Redfern station via Botany Road, south to Port Botany via Botany Road, Mascot, Botany, Banksmeadow & Matraville (weekday peak hour service)
Route 310 - north to Circular Quay station via Botany Road, Redfern, Central Station & Elizabeth Street, south to Eastgardens via Botany Road, Mascot, Botany & Pagewood.
Route 370 - west to Leichhardt via St Peters, Newtown, Sydney University, Glebe & Annandale, south to Coogee Beach via Waterloo, Rosebery, Kensington, UNSW, Prince of Wales Hospital & Randwick

[edit] Gallery

The top level concourse. The escalators lead down to the station concourse where tickets are sold.
Alternate entrance
Wide shot of both entrances
Platform sign.
Platform.View inside a Millennium Train