Chatswood railway station
Chatswood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Northbound view from Platform 2 in October 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Railway Street, Chatswood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°47′50″S 151°10′51″E / 33.797324°S 151.180887°ECoordinates: 33°47′50″S 151°10′51″E / 33.797324°S 151.180887°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) |
North Shore Chatswood to Epping | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 11.65 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 4 (2 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station code | CWD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 January 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2006-08 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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← North Ryde · terminus (2019-2024)
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Chatswood railway station is located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of Chatswood. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore & Northern line services.
History
Chatswood station opened on 1 January 1890 when the North Shore line opened from Hornsby to St Leonards.[1] An island platform was built on 23 May 1900 and a third dock platform brought into use on 12 July 1919. There was a small goods yard, similar to the one at St Leonards, on the western side of the station, beyond the northern end of the platforms. The dock platform on the eastern side of the station was used for electric parcel-van traffic and also for terminating some services from the city, until these were rescheduled to terminate further along the North Shore line from January 1992.[2] It was removed in October 1994.[3] Until 1958 there was a tram terminus in Victoria Avenue beside the station. The station entrance was later integrated with a shopping centre called The Interchange in the mid-1980s.
With the construction of the Chatswood to Epping line, it was decided to redevelop the station to accommodate Chatswood's new role as a junction station. The original station, as well as the attached bus interchange and shopping centre were demolished in 2005 and a temporary station was opened where the former platform 3 was located. A new western island platform opened in place of the original island platform on 16 October 2006. The eastern island platform opened in 2008.[4] [5]The signal cabin that was located at the northern end of the station building, was saved and has been preserved as part of the bus interchange.[6]
The new station precinct is known as the Chatswood Transport Interchange (CTI) and consists of the railway station, a bus interchange and pedestrian pathways connecting the precinct to the surrounding streets. The CTI was constructed as a Public Private Partnership and was to include a new shopping plaza called Metro Chatswood and three towers. The private developers, CRI Chatswood, went into receivership whilst construction was underway.[7] As a result, the shopping centre remained closed until 2014 and major construction of the towers was delayed for several years.
In 2019 Chatswood station will become the major terminus of the Sydney Metro Northwest line which will replace the original Epping to Chatswood railway line. This will at a later date be extended to Bankstown via the Sydney Harbour Rail Tunnel. This will leave Platforms 1 & 4 the only platforms served by Sydney Trains, while the 2 terminating roads will be used by Sydney Metro.
Station layout
The station consists of two island platforms - a city-bound platform and an outbound platform. The two centre platforms - platforms 2 & 3 - serve the Epping to Chatswood line. The outer platforms serve the North Shore line. A turnback / stabling road is located to the south of the station and is used to terminate some trains from the Epping line.
Access to Chatswood station is provided by a series of pedestrian walkways at three different intersections: Victoria Avenue and Railway Street, Chatswood Mall and Orchard Road, and Post Office Lane and Victor Street.[8] Additional pedestrian entrances are available from Chatswood Central Plaza, adjacent to the north side of the station concourse.[8]
Because the station and tracks are level with the ground, the concourse is actually below street level despite being open-air in nature. A row of ticket barriers with ticket windows allows passengers access to the concourse which features stairs, lifts, and escalators to access the platforms. The station fulfills Sydney Trains' Easy Access criteria.
Platforms & services
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | services to Central, Strathfield & beyond | [9] | |
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2 | Terminating services services to Central, Strathfield & beyond |
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3 | services to Epping & Hornsby via Macquarie University | [10] | |
4 | services to Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra | evening peak hour NSW TrainLink services to Wyong via Gordon[10][11] |
Transport links
Forest Coach Lines operate 11 routes to and from Chatswood station:
- 193: to Macquarie University via Roseville Station, Crimson Hill Estate, Lindfield Station, West Lindfield & Macquarie Park
- 196: to Mona Vale via Chatswood West, West Lindfield, West Pumble, Gordon Station, St Ives, Austlink Business Park & Terrey Hills
- 198: to St Ives via East Roseville, East Lindfield, East Killara, Gordon Station, Barra Brui & Acorn Road
- 277: to Castle Cove[12]
- 278: to Killarney Heights[12] (peak hours only)
- 279: to Frenchs Forest[13] (3 services per weekday)
- 280: to Warringah Mall[14]
- 281: to Davidson[13]
- 282: to Belrose[13] (early evening and night time service)
- 283: to Belrose[13]
- 284: to Duffy's Forest[13] (peak hours and occasional service)
Hillsbus operates one route from Chatswood station:
- 627: to Castle Hill[15] (peak hours only)
Sydney Buses operate 20 routes to and from Chatswood station:
- 136: to Manly wharf via Dee Why[16]
- 137: to House with No Steps[16] (1 service per weekday)
- 143: to Manly wharf via Crows Nest[17]
- 144: to Manly wharf via Royal North Shore Hospital & Crows Nest[17] (off peak and weekends)
- 200: to Bondi Junction Interchange via Macquarie Street[18] (peak hours only)
- 255: to Chatswood - Colwell Crescent[19]
- 256: to Chatswood - Hawthorne Avenue[19]
- 257: to Balmoral Beach[20]
- 258: to Mars Road Industrial Area[21] (peak hours only)
- 261: to Queen Victoria Building via Lane Cove[22] (1 service per school day)
- 267: to Crows Nest via Northbridge[23]
- 275: to Castlecrag[24] (limited weekday service)
- 343: to Kingsford via Willoughby
- 533: to Sydney Olympic Park[25]
- 534: to Ryde, extends to West Ryde station during peak hours[25]
- 536: to Gladesville[26]
- 545: to Parramatta[27]
- 550: to Parramatta[27] (only in this direction, afternoon peak hours only, school days only)
- L60: to Mona Vale[16] (peak hour service)
- M40: to Bondi Junction Interchange via Town Hall station[28]
Chatswood station is served by one NightRide route:[29]
- N90: Hornsby station to City (Town Hall)
Track layout
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Track layout after construction of the Chatswood to Epping line in 2009 and prior to the opening of the Sydney Metro Northwest. “Up Shore” is the technical name of the track that carries trains towards Sydney, and “Down Shore” away. |
References
- ↑ Chatswood Station NSWrail.net
- ↑ "CityRail launches new timetable" Railway Digest February 1992 page 45
- ↑ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest November 1994 page 41
- ↑ Chatswood Transport Interchange Archived 21 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Transport Construction Authority
- ↑ Chatswood Transport Interchange NSW Treasury
- ↑ Historical Signal Room Willoughby City Council
- ↑ Carter, Bridget. Chatswood development delays trigger $28m payout for Bonett The Australian 30 September 2010.
- 1 2 Guide to bus services at Chatswood Transport Interchange New South Wales Ministry of Transport Retrieved 15 February 2009
- 1 2 "T1: Western line timetable" (PDF). Sydney Trains. 20 October 2013 [amended January 2015].
- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 "Routes 277 and 278 timetable" (PDF). Forest Coach Lines. 18 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Routes 279 - 284 timetable" (PDF). Forest Coach Lines. 18 May 2015.
- ↑ "Route 280 timetable" (PDF). Forest Coach Lines. 18 May 2015.
- ↑ "Route 627 timetable". Hillsbus. 27 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Routes 136, 137 and L60 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 7 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Routes 143 and 144 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 7 June 2015.
- ↑ "Route 200 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 20 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Routes 255 and 256 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 11 October 2009.
- ↑ "Routes 257, 272 and 273 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 12 May 2013.
- ↑ "Routes 258 and 285 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 11 October 2009.
- ↑ "Route 261 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 2 June 2014.
- ↑ "Route 267 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 11 October 2009.
- ↑ "Route 275 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 11 October 2009 [Reprinted June 2014].
- 1 2 "Routes 533 and 534 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 10 October 2010.
- ↑ "Route 536 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 20 October 2013.
- 1 2 "Routes 545 and 550 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 20 October 2013.
- ↑ "Route M40 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ NightRide bus services Archived 15 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Transport Info NSW
External links
- Media related to Chatswood railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Chatswood station details Sydney Trains
- Epping to Chatswood Rail Line Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
- Virtual Tour of the Station Metro Chatswood
- Chatswood Transport Interchange CRI
- Flickr gallery