TWEAKS to the Sydney Trains timetable announced this morning mean inner west customers will get peak hour services to and from the CBD every six minutes.

And, for the first time, there will be a direct weekday link between the inner west and Parramatta.

On average, stations including Burwood, Croydon, Ashfield, Summer Hill, Lewisham, Petersham, Stanmore and Newtown will receive about five extra trains an hour during busy periods.

The changes are part of improvements to the T1 Western and T2 Inner West lines announced by Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Transport Minister Andrew Constance that will lead to more than 300 more train services each week to and from western Sydney and the inner west.

The changes are part of the State Government’s $1.5 billion “More Trains, More Services” improvement program.

media_camera Commuters at Newtown station waiting to board a peak hour service into the CBD.

Customers commuting from Macdonaldtown through Croydon, Homebush and Flemington directly to Parramatta, will not have to change trains from Monday to Friday.

Other key changes include Harris Park, Granville, Clyde, Auburn and Lidcombe being served by T2 inner west services during some periods of the day.

And Burwood will receive more services via the T2 line, with direct access to Parramatta.

More capacity is being achieved by simplifying and modernising parts of the network, including reducing the number of train merge, or cross over points, on the T1 Western Line.

media_camera Rail commuters surge out of Macdonaldtown station during the evening peak.

“We know that customers travelling longer distances want faster services and those closer in want to just turn up and go — we can achieve this,” Mr Constance said.

“T2 Inner West customers travelling to and from Sydney’s CBD will see peak services boosted from 15 minutes up to every six minutes at many stations.”

The new timetable will be introduced later this year.

INNER WEST COURIER