Mount Kuring-gai railway station

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Mount Kuring-gai
Mount Kuring-gai Railway Station.jpg
Northbound view in November 2022
General information
Location Pacific Highway, Mount Kuring-gai
Coordinates 33°39′11″S151°08′13″E / 33.65303333°S 151.1368639°E / -33.65303333; 151.1368639
Elevation214 m (702 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance40.67 km (25.27 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-2pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station code MKI
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened1909;115 years ago (1909)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesKuring-gai
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 109,040 (year)
  • 299 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Berowra
Terminus
North Shore & Western Line Mount Colah
via Gordon
towards City
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Berowra Central Coast & Newcastle Line
limited services
Mount Colah
towards Central

Mount Kuring-gai railway station is on the Main Northern Line, serving the Sydney suburb of Mount Kuring-gai. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore Line services and some early morning and late night NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services.

Contents

History

Mount Kuring-gai station opened on 5 October 1901 as a passing loop named Kuring-gai. It was renamed Mount Kuring-gai on 1 August 1904, and in 1909 the present station was built when the Main Northern line was duplicated. [3] [4]

The station was the terminating point for some services and had a signal box to facilitate these workings. It was removed in April 1988. [5]

Platforms and services

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1Services to Epping & Hornsby via Strathfield, Richmond, Penrith & Emu Plains via Gordon [6]
CCN
2 weekday early morning and 2 weekend late night services to Central via Strathfield [7]
2
T1
Services to Berowra [6]
CCN
Early morning and late night services to Wyong & Newcastle [7]

CDC NSW operates two bus routes via Mount Kuring-gai station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

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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. Mount Kuring-gai Station NSWrail.net
  4. Mount Kuring-gai Railway Station Group NSW Environment
  5. "Metropolitan Closures" Railway Digest June 1988 page 228
  6. 1 2 "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. 1 2 "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. "Transdev NSW route 592". Transport for NSW.
  9. "Transdev NSW route 597". Transport for NSW.