Hornsby railway station

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Hornsby
HornsbyStation.jpg
Western side building and entrance, October 2022
General information
LocationGeorge Street, Hornsby
Australia
Coordinates 33°42′11″S151°05′55″E / 33.70298889°S 151.0985667°E / -33.70298889; 151.0985667
Elevation187 metres (614 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Northern
North Shore
Distance33.86 km (21.04 mi) from Central via Strathfield
Platforms5 (1 side, 2 island)
Tracks5
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code HBY
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened17 September 1886;138 years ago (1886-09-17)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesHornsby Junction (1894-1900)
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 6,310,710 (year)
  • 17,290 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Asquith
towards Berowra
North Shore & Western Line Waitara
towards City
Terminus Northern Line Normanhurst
towards Gordon via  Central
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Asquith
Limited services
towards Newcastle Interchange
Central Coast & Newcastle Line Epping
towards Central
Berowra
towards Newcastle Interchange
Berowra
towards Gosford or Wyong
Central Coast & Newcastle Line
Weekday peak only
 Gordon
towards Central
Woy Woy
towards Newcastle Interchange
Central Coast & Newcastle Line
Express
 Epping
towards Central
Gosford
towards Grafton, Casino or Brisbane
NSW TrainLink North Coast Line Strathfield
towards Sydney
Gosford
towards Moree or Armidale
NSW TrainLink North Western Line

Hornsby railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located at the junction of the Main Northern and North Shore lines, serving the Sydney suburb of Hornsby. It is served by Sydney Trains' T1 North Shore Line and T9 Northern Line services and NSW TrainLink Intercity and regional services.

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History

The station opened on 17 September 1886 as Hornsby, but was renamed Hornsby Junction on 1 November 1894. This was due to the construction of Normanhurst station to the south, which was initially named Hornsby as it was located in what was the more densely populated area of Hornsby at the time. Naming the station Hornsby Junction was an attempt to avoid confusion, but it was realised that having two Hornsby stations was still very confusing. On 1 May 1900, the suburb and station to the south was renamed Normanhurst, and Hornsby Junction reverted to Hornsby. [3] [4]

On 1 January 1890, Hornsby became a junction station with the opening of the North Shore line to St Leonards. In 1894, a third platform was built along with a locomotive depot to the east of the station. [5] Hornsby was the northern extremity of the electrified network from 1930 until it was extended to Gosford in 1960. The wires did continue north of the station as far as the Hornsby Maintenance Depot.

The station was extensively upgraded in 1986, with lifts complete an upgraded footbridge at the southern end of the station.[ citation needed ]

As part of the CityRail Clearways Project, a fifth platform was constructed for use by through northbound trains. To allow for the new line, the Hornsby Signal Box was shifted 120 metres in 2007. [6] The new platform opened on 16 March 2009, with the existing Platform 4 becoming a turnback platform for Northern line trains. The additional platform allows extra trains to run on the Northern line via the Epping to Chatswood line and improves reliability. [7] As Hornsby is both an originating and terminating point for some services, on 10 July 2003 the communications system in a Millennium Train failed because the train's software could not compute that the origin and destination of the service had the same name. [8]

Platforms and services

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1Services to Epping & Hornsby via Gordon [9]
T1
Weekday services to Penrith, Richmond & Emu Plains [9]
2
T1
Terminating services from Central
Services to Berowra 		[9] [10]
CCN
Evening peak services to Gosford & Wyong [10]
3
T9
Services to Central & Gordon via Strathfield [11]
CCN
Services to Central [10]
Services to Central Set down only [12]
Services to Central Set down only [13]
4
T9
Terminating services to and from Central & Gordon via Strathfield [11]
5Services to Grafton, Casino & Brisbane Pick up only [12]
Services to Armidale/Moree Pick up only [13]
CCN
Services to Gosford, Wyong & Newcastle [10]
Southbound view to the platforms Hornsby Railway Station Southbound.jpg
Southbound view to the platforms
Platform 5, completed in 2009 as part of Rail Clearways Program Hornsby Railway Station Platform 5.jpg
Platform 5, completed in 2009 as part of Rail Clearways Program

CDC NSW operates ten bus routes via Hornsby station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Hornsby is also the terminus of two NightRide routes:

Trackplan

Current track layout Hornsby trackplan.png
Current track layout
Track layout prior to construction of Platform 5 Hornsby trackplan pre Rail Clearways.png
Track layout prior to construction of Platform 5

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  2. ↑ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
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  7. ↑ Hornsby Platform 5 & Stabling Project Profile Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
  8. ↑ Millennium Train Incident Reports CityRail 24 October 2007
  9. 1 2 3 "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
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  12. 1 2 "North Coast timetable". NSW TrainLink. 7 September 2019.
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