Syd man 'stabbed in face in random attack'

A man is recovering in hospital after he was allegedly stabbed in the face and neck during an unprovoked attack at a western Sydney railway station.

The 25-year-old was waiting at Werrington Railway Station with a 16-year-old girl late on Tuesday night when another man allegedly threatened them with a knife.

Police say the man stabbed the 25-year-old in the face and neck before running away.

The injured man was taken to Blacktown Hospital with a puncture wound to his neck and under his eye and is in a stable condition, police said.

His alleged attacker is described as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in appearance and aged between 17 and 25.