Macquarie University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Corner Herring & Waterloo Roads, Macquarie Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°46′38″S151°07′05″E / 33.777337°S 151.118075°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metro Trains Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Metro North West & Bankstown Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 23 February 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2018/19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Macquarie University railway station is a Sydney Metro station located on the Metro North West & Bankstown Line, serving the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park including the nearby Macquarie University and Macquarie Centre, as well as parts of the suburb of Marsfield. It was formerly part of Sydney Trains' T1 Northern Line, before being converted to metro use as part of the Sydney Metro network. It is the only train station in Australia which bears the name of a university.
Macquarie University station opened on 23 February 2009 on the same date as the Chatswood to Epping line. [3] [4]
Macquarie University station closed in September 2018 for seven months for conversion to a Sydney Metro station on the Sydney Metro Northwest line, which included the installation of platform screen doors. [5] It reopened on 26 May 2019. [6]
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | Services to Sydenham | [7] | |
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2 | Services to Tallawong |
Macquarie University station is served by bus routes operated by Busways, CDC NSW and Transit Systems. [8]
Bus stops for Hillsbus routes and Transit Systems route 410 are located outside the station entrance. All other services stop at the nearby Macquarie Centre.
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