History
With the arrival of the 20th century came the railways. The station officially opened on 14 April 1909, after the Public Works Committee agreed to an extension of the railway line from Belmore. Bankstown's 1720 residents were able to board their first steam-driven locomotive. The line was electrified in 1924 and it was the terminus of the line until its extension to Lidcombe on the Western line in 1928 passing through Yagoona and Birrong along the way.
In 2011 the station was the scene of a fatal stabbing of a young 16-year old boy on 26 May. The teenager had gotten into a verbal altercation with a 22-year old man when he was fatally stabbed on the platform at around 7pm that evening. The 22-year old, who also suffered injured during the fight was arrested and charged with the murder of the teenager.
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