Canterbury-Bankstown

EVENT · ENDS 1 NOVBankstown · Lakemba

Southwest Metro Opening Weekend 2026: Trains Start 4:31am Friday 30 October, Bankstown Community Day 10am to 1pm Sunday 1 November (Bankstown, NSW)

New extended platforms at Bankstown station, July 2025 (text added)

The new Southwest Metro opens to passengers at 4:31am on Friday 30 October 2026, and the NSW Government and Sydney Metro have said they will celebrate with a community day on Sunday 1 November from 10am to 1pm at Bankstown Metro Station and Dulwich Hill Metro Station. For people in Canterbury-Bankstown that makes the first weekend the time to try the line: trains run more often than usual on Saturday and Sunday, and the Southwest Link buses stay in service.

EVENT · ENDS 31 OCTVillawood · Panania

Free Movies Under the Stars in Villawood and Panania: Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October 2026, 5pm to 9:30pm, Film From About 7:30pm, No Booking (NSW)

Platform 1 at Villawood railway station, taken in October 2024 (text added)

The City of Canterbury-Bankstown is showing its free outdoor cinema twice more this month: Friday 30 October at Thurina Park in Villawood, and Saturday 31 October at Marco Reserve in Panania. Both nights run from 5pm to 9:30pm, the film starts around 7:30pm, and neither needs a ticket. The Villawood night was postponed, so if you saw an earlier date for it, the Friday 30 October date is the one on the council’s page now.