Killara railway station

For the closed station in Victoria, Australia, see Killara railway station, Melbourne.

Killara
Northbound view of station platform, building and stairs, November 2023
General information
Location	Culworth Avenue, Killara New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°45′56″S151°09′42″E / 33.76552°S 151.16167°E / -33.76552; 151.16167 (Killara railway station)
Elevation	116 metres (381 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	North Shore
Distance	15.89 km (9.87 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am to 7pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 8am to 4pm
Station code	KLA
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	10 July 1899(125 years ago) (1899-07-10)
Rebuilt	1906
Electrified	Yes; 1927
Passengers
2023 [1]	893,720 (year) 2,449 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Lindfield towards Emu Plains or Richmond North Shore & Western Line Gordon towards Berowra Lindfield via Strathfield towards Hornsby Northern Line Gordon Terminus

Killara railway station is a suburban railway station and garden located on the North Shore line, serving the northern Sydney suburb of Killara. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services. Killara railway station has heritage significance at a local level and is set among expansive gardens, rare in the Sydney metropolitan railway network. ^[3]

History

Killara station opened on 10 July 1899. ^[4] The name Killara was chosen by J. G Edwards and means “permanent, always here.” The present island platform and station building were completed in 1906 in anticipation of the line being doubled. This occurred in 1909. ^[5]

An upgrade to the station, including three lifts and tactile indicators was complete in November 2023. ^[6]

Services

Platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T1	services to Penrith, Richmond & Emu Plains	[7]
	T9	services to Epping & Hornsby via Strathfield	[7]
2	T1	services to Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra	[7]
	T9	services to Gordon

Transport links

Killara station is served indirectly by one NightRide route that stops on the Pacific Highway:

Pacific Hwy:

• N90: Hornsby station to Town Hall station ^[8]

Trackplan

Killara
Legend
↑N to Gordon ↑to buses Platform 2↑ Platform 1↓ Station Concourse plt 2 1 2 1 ↓S to Lindfield

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. "State Heritage Inventory". 22 October 2019.
4. Killara Station NSWrail.net
5. Killara Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
6. Killara Station Upgrade
7. 1 2 3 "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
8. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

External links

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