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Cumberland Line
An M set at Warwick Farm station
Overview
Owner	Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Locale	Sydney, New South Wales
Termini	Richmond Leppington
Stations	30
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Operator(s)	Sydney Trains
Depot(s)	Mortdale
Rolling stock	M, T,[citation needed] A,[citation needed] B sets[citation needed]
History
Opened	1996; 30 years ago (1996)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
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The T5 Cumberland Line is a suburban rail line operated by Sydney Trains in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It connects Schofields and Leppington stations in the western suburbs. Limited services extend from Schofields to Richmond. The line opened in 1996, following the construction of a 'Y-link' track between Harris Park and Merrylands stations. The intention of this link was to allow direct services to operate from the south west suburbs to Parramatta and Blacktown without requiring a change of trains at Granville. The line takes its name from the Cumberland Plain on which much of Greater Western Sydney was built.

Since 2013 the line has been numbered T5 and is coloured magenta on maps and wayfinding information.

Since 2025, the NSW Government has provided preliminarily designs for an expansion of the line dubbed the New Cumberland Line including a underground corridor preservation in Parramatta^[1] and an extension of the line to Epping similar to the former Parramatta Rail Link project that was shelved in 2003. The Albanese Government provided investment for a preliminary business case.^[2].

T5 Cumberland Line
km 60.7 Richmond 60.0 East Richmond 57.2 Clarendon 55.0 Windsor 52.6 Mulgrave 49.3 Vineyard 46.0 Riverstone 43.8 Schofields 40.0 Quakers Hill 37.4 Marayong 34.9 Blacktown 32.1 Seven Hills 30.0 Toongabbie 28.3 Pendle Hill 26.6 Wentworthville 25.2 Westmead 23.2 Parramatta 22.5 Harris Park 23.5 Merrylands 25.7 Guildford 27.4 Yennora 29.0 Fairfield 31.0 Canley Vale 32.0 Cabramatta 34.2 Warwick Farm 35.7 Liverpool 38.8 Casula 41.9 Glenfield 45.4 Edmondson Park 51.1 Leppington
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Cumberland Line history

Pre-2013 route (Blacktown to Campbelltown)

2013–17 route (Schofields to Campbelltown)

Upon its opening in 1996, the line had a regular half-hourly service in each direction consisting of 38 journeys per day. Subsequent timetables saw its services significantly reduced to the point of running only during weekday peak hours, and from 2005 to 2013 the line only ran in one direction at a time: two services ran in the morning peak from Campbelltown towards Blacktown and three services ran in the opposite direction in the evening. Some services operated to or from Quakers Hill or Schofields on the Richmond line, but the line's official terminus on network maps and other material remained at Blacktown.^{[citation needed]}

Prior to the Y-Link's opening, passengers travelling between the Western and South lines were required to change trains at Granville. With the reduction in services to peak hours only, this travelling strategy was resumed by most commuters.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, the then-Iemma Labor Government's NSW State Plan committed to re-introduce a regular half-hourly service to the Cumberland line during 2007 "subject to detailed timetable and train planning... and fleet delivery, availability and rostering".^[3] A CityRail news release on 15 December confirmed this intention, based on the gradual introduction of the then-new OSCAR (H set) trains, which would displace outer suburban Tangara G sets; the latter trains then reassigned to suburban service.^[4] This promise was not delivered, and the Cumberland Line remained a peak-hour-only service with 4 car trains.^{[citation needed]}

Daytime half-hourly services were re-introduced on 21 October 2013. Services finished in the early evening and did not operate on weekends. At this time, the line was also officially extended to Schofields, where most northbound services terminated.^{[citation needed]}

As part of a major timetable change for the Sydney Trains network on 26 November 2017, Cumberland Line services were modified to no longer travel to and from Campbelltown, instead starting and terminating at Leppington. Simultaneous changes to the Airport, Inner West & South Line saw that line split into the Inner West & Leppington Line and Airport & South Line. These changes mean the section of the network between Glenfield and Macarthur is served exclusively by services operating via the East Hills railway line.^[5][6][7] The changes also saw late night and weekend services introduced on the Cumberland Line.^[8] The late night services extend to Richmond, replacing T1 services at these times.^[5] On weekends, trains operate between Schofields and Liverpool only with early morning and late night services extending to Leppington and Richmond.^{[citation needed]}

• Sydney Trains A and B sets 8-car EMUs
• Sydney Trains T set 8-car EMUs
• Sydney Trains M set 4 or 8-car EMUs
• New South Wales H set 8-car EMUs - (One morning service from Blacktown-Schofields)^[9]

Physically, the line consists of the Richmond railway line from Schofields/Richmond to Blacktown, the Main Western Line from Blacktown station to Harris Park, the 'Y-link' as described below, the "Old Main South" between Merrylands and Cabramatta, the Main South Line between Cabramatta and Glenfield, and the South West Rail Link between Edmondson Park and Leppington.

T5 interactive map

During the week, the Cumberland Line usually has 2 tph in each direction between Schofields and Leppington. In the peak, the services usually only run till Blacktown due to other services. This line runs 4 tph from Leppington to Blacktown during peak in that direction only. On the weekend, this line holds 2 tph in both directions between Schofields and Liverpool. The line is usually serviced by 4-car Millenniums, though sometimes being serviced by Waratah A and B sets and Tangara T sets interpeak on weekdays, late nights and weekends.

The 'Y-link' was opened in 1996 as part of former Prime Minister Paul Keating's 'Building Better Cities' programme in recognition of Parramatta's place as the capital of Sydney's west.^[10] It cost $80 million to construct, and required the construction of a little over one kilometre of new track and no new stations. This track consists of the creation of a triangular junction at the junction of the 'Old Main South' and the 'Main Western Line by laying track between Merrylands and Harris Park stations. The work included a new flyover of the 'Up Old Main South' over these new tracks.

The following table shows the patronage of Sydney Trains network for the year ending 30 June 2024.

• Cumberland Line timetable Transport for NSW