In this video, I team up with Elliot ‪@tsetstransport‬ to explore the new entrance to Mascot Station that opened in December 2023.

This new entrance to Mascot Station is on the west side of Bourke Street and has 4 escalators and 1 lift. It's certainly unique with rugged rock like cladding on the walls, and a couple of pictures of some very old aircraft, one that includes a steam train!

We reveal some changes to the main concourse area that took place to support this new entrance, and then head down to the platforms to discuss the history of Mascot Station and the T8 Airport line in general.

We also talk about Airport Link, who operate this station along with Green Square and the two airport stations. Green Square and Mascot Stations used to have a station access fee, with fares being 80% higher that other local Sydney Trains stations. When these were removed in 2011, patronage more than doubled!

Its then time for a race to see whether its quicker to use the lifts or the escalators. You'll have to watch this video to find out!

Back at street level, we talk about the Mascot Towers apartments that were evacuated in 2019, after cracks were found in the car park, and Elliot found some further cracks too.

We then explore the original entrance, and upper concourse and talk about the More Trains, More Services program that will increase the number of trains serving the Airport Line by 80%

Thanks again to Elliot ‪@tsetstransport‬ for joining me. Do check out his channel for some great behind the scenes content.

   / @tsetstransport  

* Chapters *
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Tour of the new entrance
3:37 Existing Concourse changes
4:19 Mascot (and Airport Line) History
5:58 Escalator v Lift Race
7:24 Bourke Street and Mascot Towers
8:59 Original Entrance, Upper Level and More Trains, More Services
10:27 Returning to the Concourse and Platforms

* Mentioned in this video *
Airport Link (who operate the 4 airport line stations) - https://airportlink.com.au/
Mascot Towers - https://mascottowers.com.au/
Elliots Track Inspection Vehicle Video -    • I Rode On A Track Inspection Vehicle ...  
More Trains More Services - https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/proj...
Elliots YouTube channel -    / @tsetstransport  

* Credits and Attribution *
Everything mention above plus:

Open Streetmap - Map Data © OpenStreetMap contributors: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

Sydney Rail Network Map - https://transportnsw.info/document/14...

Stairs music is Little Fish by Quincas Moreira -    • Little Fish  

Airport Link website home page (for Map) - https://airportlink.com.au/
About us page (for company information) - https://airportlink.com.au/about-us/
Airport Line Fares - https://airportlink.com.au/trip-infor...

CityRail webpage about the removal of station access fee for Green Square and Mascot (from web archives) - https://web.archive.org/web/201107211...

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