Asquith railway station

Asquith
Northbound view from Platform 2 looking at station buildings, January 2006
General information
Location	Haldane Street, Asquith Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°41′19″S151°06′28″E / 33.688573°S 151.107899°E / -33.688573; 151.107899 (Asquith railway station)
Elevation	186 m (610 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	35.69 km (22.18 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 (2 side)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am to 7pm Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed
Station code	ASQ
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1 November 1915(109 years ago) (1915-11-01)
Electrified	Yes (1927)
Passengers
2023 [1]	625,580 (year) 1,714 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Mount Colah towards Berowra North Shore & Western Line Hornsby via Gordon towards City Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Mount Colah Weekends only towards Newcastle Interchange Central Coast & Newcastle Line Limited services Hornsby towards Central Berowra towards Newcastle Interchange

Asquith railway station is a suburban railway station located on the Main Northern line, serving the northern Sydney suburb of Asquith. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore Line and some early morning and late night NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services.

History

Asquith station opened on 1 November 1915. ^{[3] [4]} South of the station lies Hornsby Maintenance Depot.

Services

Platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T1	Services to Epping & Hornsby via Strathfield, Penrith & Emu Plains via Gordon	[5]
	CCN	Limited services to Central via Strathfield	[6]
2	T1	Services to Berowra	[5]
	CCN	Limited services to Wyong & Newcastle 1 evening peak service to Gosford	[6]

Transport links

CDC NSW operates three bus routes via Asquith station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Pacific Hwy:

• 592: Hornsby station to Brooklyn and Mooney Mooney ^[7]
• 595: Hornsby station to Arthurs Circle ^[8]
• 597: Hornsby station to Berowra station ^[9]

Trackplan

Asquith
↑N to Mount Colah Baldwin Avenue CCN Station Exits ↑to buses Platform 2↓ Platform 1↑ plt 2 1 2 1 ↓S to Hornsby

References

1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
3. Asquith Station NSWrail.net
4. "Asquith Railway Station Group". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage.
5. "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
6. "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
7. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
8. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
9. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

External links

• Media related to Asquith railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Asquith station details Transport for New South Wales