Hills Showground railway station

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Hills Showground
Hills Showground Station Sydney 06.jpg
Doran Drive entrance, April 2020
General information
LocationDoran Drive, Castle Hill
New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 33°43′41″S150°59′12″E / 33.727995°S 150.986798°E / -33.727995; 150.986798
Elevation25 m (82 ft) below ground level [1]
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Metro Trains Sydney
Distance23 km from Chatswood
Platforms2
Train operatorsMetro Trains Sydney
Connections TfNSW B.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Parking600 spaces
Bicycle facilities40 spaces
AccessibleYes
History
Opened26 May 2019 [2]
Previous namesHills Centre
Showground
Passengers
2023 [3]
  • 774,500 (year)
  • 2,122 (daily) [4] (Sydney Metro)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW M.svg Sydney Metro Following station
Norwest
towards Tallawong
Metro North West & Bankstown Line Castle Hill
towards Sydenham
Future services
Norwest
towards Tallawong
Metro North West & Bankstown Line
(From 2025)
Castle Hill
towards Bankstown

Hills Showground railway station is an underground Sydney Metro station on Doran Drive, in the suburb of Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The station, located near the Castle Hill Showground, serves the Metro North West & Bankstown Line and was built as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project. The station is planned to eventually serve trains to the Sydney central business district and Bankstown as part of the government's 20-year Sydney's Rail Future strategy. [5] [6] [7] The station opened 26 May 2019. It is currently the least used station on the Sydney Metro. [3]

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History

Escalators and concourse Hills Showground Station Sydney 03.jpg
Escalators and concourse

The original plans for the North West Rail Link showed a station called Hills Centre, after the complex of civic buildings of the same name. This was to have been constructed on the site of the Castle Hill Showground. Following community consultation, it was determined that the station would be moved to the Hills Centre site – requiring its demolition – in order to retain the Showground. The station was renamed as a result.

Services

Platforms SydneyMetroHillsShowgroundStation2.jpg
Platforms

Hills Showground has two platforms. It is served by Metro North West & Bankstown Line services. [7] [8] Hills Showground station is served by a number of bus routes operated by Busways and CDC NSW. [9]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1Services to Sydenham
2
M1
Services to Tallawong
External image
Searchtool.svg Hills Showground Bus Guide by Transport for NSW

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  4. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
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