Killara railway station

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Killara
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Northbound view of station platform, building and stairs, November 2023
General information
LocationCulworth Avenue, Killara
Australia
Coordinates 33°45′56″S151°09′42″E / 33.76552°S 151.16167°E / -33.76552; 151.16167
Elevation116 metres (381 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) North Shore
Distance15.89 kilometres (9.87 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pm
Station code KLA
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened10 July 1899
Rebuilt1906
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 893,720 (year)
  • 2,449 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png 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 heritage-listed railway station and garden located on the North Shore line, serving the 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 train network. [3]

Contents

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

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services 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

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

TfNSW B.svg Pacific Hwy:

Trackplan

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

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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.
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