CityRail - Timeline of Major Changes To CityRail Since 2000

Timeline of Major Changes To CityRail Since 2000

• May 2000: New timetable rerouting East Hills trains to Airport line. Airport line opens.
• July 2002: Millennium trains are entered into service operating on the Airport & East Hills, South, Bankstown, & Inner West Lines. This is the first CityRail train to have new features: CCTV security cameras, Automatic DVAs, Wheelchair Ramps and indicator boards.
• September 2005: New timetable for all lines.
• May 2006: New timetable for Eastern Suburbs, Illawarra and South Coast Line, including revised changes on all lines.
• November 2006: Hunter Railcars are entered into service.
• December 2006: Oscars are entered into service starting with the South Coast Line.
• 2007–2008: DVAs are introduced on all trains waiting for the doors to close with the catch-phrase "Doors closing, please stand clear".
• December 2007: Oscars expanded its service on the Central Coast Line via North Shore Line.
• February 2009: Epping to Chatswood line opens with shuttle services.
• October 2009: New timetable, Epping to Chatswood line integrated to the Northern Line. CityRail launches the Revesby, Chatswood and Epping terminus, Oscars expanded its off-peak service with K-Sets on the Northern Line as a replacement to Tangaras which are abandoned from the Epping to Chatswood Line due to steepness and also the R & S Sets because of noisiness of the tunnel.
• 2010: Until mid 2010 Cityrail train drivers were required to sound the horn upon departing platforms, but after years of complaints, this practise was dropped.
• April 2010: MyZone fare system implemented in Cityrail, NSW public bus and ferry system.
• October 2010: New timetable for Eastern Suburbs, Illawarra and South Coast Line (Which includes extra services to Cronulla, extra weekend services for the Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra, & South lines as well as more direct fast weekend services between Kiama and Bondi Junction on the South Coast line) including revised changes on all lines.
• July 2011: The first of the Waratah trains entered service. Waratah trains will continue to replace L,R and S set trains until late 2014.
• March–May 2012: "Quiet Carriages" on intercity train services are introduced between Central and Newcastle.
• May–September 2012: "Quiet Carriages" on intercity train services are introduced between Central and Lithgow and also between Central and Kiama / Dapto.