North Sydney railway station
North Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Station front in October 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Blue Street, North Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°30′10″S 151°07′21″E / 33.5028°S 151.1226°ECoordinates: 33°30′10″S 151°07′21″E / 33.5028°S 151.1226°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | North Shore | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 5.13 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 (2 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Built over | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | NSY | ||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 20 March 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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North Sydney railway station is located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of North Sydney. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services. From September 2005 to May 2006 it was the major terminus of the Hornsby via Strathfield line. From 2013 it is the major terminus for Emu Plains services.
History
North Sydney station opened on 20 March 1932 at the same time as the North Shore line over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.[1] Prior to the bridge's opening, North Shore line trains had diverged from the current line at Waverton to the original Milsons Point station at Lavender Bay.
The station was built in a rock cutting with a street level overhead concourse above the platforms. The station has four platforms which correspond with the four railway tracks that were designed to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge. At the Waverton end of the station there are four tunnels which have been cut into the rock. Unused tunnel stubs of 260 metres for proposed lines to Newport and Northbridge were cut at the same time with Chief Design Engineer John Bradfield calculating that without these, later construction of these lines would interfere with the North Shore line.[2]
From 1932 until 1958, two of the rail tracks designed for the bridge were used by trams, the latter being diverted onto Blue Street just before they would have entered North Sydney Station. After 1958 the tram tracks were removed from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and replaced by the Cahill Expressway.
Beginning in the 1968 when the North Sydney Travelodge was built, the air rights over the station have progressively been redeveloped.[3] In December 1972, the awning over platforms 3 and 4 was demolished.[4] The station became totally enclosed with the opening of Zurich Insurance House in 1984.[5]
Upgrade
Between April 2006 and December 2008, the station was upgraded to handle extra traffic expected with the opening of the Epping to Chatswood line in 2009. The work included an expanded concourse and the installation of escalators and lifts.[6]
Platforms and services
The four platforms at North Sydney can have different usages, but the outer platforms are generally the only ones used in off-peak; the middle platforms generally serve terminating trains arriving from the city. Because the four platforms at North Sydney serve a double track railway to the north and south of the station, it has significant capacity for terminating traffic.
The line north through the tunnel from Platform 3 was not laid until 1992 and commissioned in August 1993.[7][8] The tunnel roads serving platforms 2 and 3 both have a 10 km/h speed limit and are occasionally used by passenger services.
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | services to Epping, Richmond & Emu Plains | [9] | |
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2 | terminating services, returning to Emu Plains | [9] | |
3 | terminating services, returning to Emu Plains | [9] | |
4 | services to Chatswood, Hornsby & Berowra | evening peak hour NSW TrainLink services to Wyong[10][11] |
References
- ↑ North Sydney Station NSWrail.net
- ↑ "Peninsula Railway Dead-End" Railway Digest January 1986 page 15
- ↑ "20 Years Ago" Railway Digest April 1988 page 150
- ↑ "20 Years Ago" Railway Digest December 1992 page 282
- ↑ "North Sydney Underground" Railway Digest February 1985 page 43
- ↑ Upgrade project profile Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
- ↑ "North Sydney" Railway Digest November 1992 page 434
- ↑ "Milsons Point - Waverton" Railway Digest November 1993 page 495
- 1 2 3 "T1: Western line timetable" (PDF). Sydney Trains. 20 October 2013 [amended January 2015].
- ↑ "T1: North Shore & Northern line timetable" (PDF). Sydney Trains. 20 October 2013 [amended February 2015].
- ↑ "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 5 January 2015.
External links
- Media related to North Sydney railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- North Sydney station details Sydney Trains
- Upgrade works Flickr gallery