North Sydney railway station

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North Sydney
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Station front in October 2011
General information
LocationBlue Street, North Sydney
Coordinates 33°50′28″S151°12′26″E / 33.8411°S 151.2072°E / -33.8411; 151.2072
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) North Shore
Distance4.8 kilometres from Central
Platforms4 (2 island)
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeBuilt over
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code NSY
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened20 March 1932
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 10,813,110 (year)
  • 29,625 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Milsons Point
towards Emu Plains or Richmond
North Shore & Western Line Waverton
towards Berowra
Milsons Point
via Strathfield
towards Hornsby
Northern Line Waverton
towards Gordon
Preceding station TfNSW T.png NSW TrainLink Following station
Milsons Point
towards Central
Central Coast & Newcastle Line
(peak hour services)
Waverton
towards Gosford or Wyong

North Sydney railway station is located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of North Sydney. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore Line and T9 Northern Line services.

Contents

History

North Sydney station opened on 20 March 1932 at the same time as the North Shore line over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. [3] Prior to the bridge's opening, North Shore line trains had diverged from the current line at Waverton to the original Milsons Point station at Lavender Bay.

The station was built in a rock cutting with a street level overhead concourse above the platforms. The station has four platforms which correspond with the four railway tracks that were designed to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge. At the Waverton end of the station there are four tunnels which have been cut into the rock. Unused tunnel stubs of 260 metres for proposed lines to Newport and Northbridge were cut at the same time with Chief Design Engineer John Bradfield calculating that without these, later construction of these lines would interfere with the North Shore line. [4]

From 1932 until 1958, two of the rail tracks designed for the bridge were used by trams, the latter being diverted onto Blue Street just before they would have entered North Sydney Station. After 1958 the tram tracks were removed from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and replaced by the Cahill Expressway.

Beginning in 1968 when the North Sydney Travelodge was built, the air rights over the station have progressively been redeveloped. [5] In December 1972, the awning over platforms 3 and 4 was demolished. [6] The station became totally enclosed with the opening of Zurich Insurance House in 1984. [7]

Upgrade

Between April 2006 and December 2008, the station was upgraded to handle extra traffic expected with the opening of the Epping to Chatswood line in 2009. The work included an expanded concourse and the installation of escalators and lifts. [8]

Platforms and services

The four platforms at North Sydney can have different usages, but the outer platforms are generally the only ones used in off-peak; the middle platforms generally serve terminating trains arriving from the city. Because the four platforms at North Sydney serve a double track railway to the north and south of the station, it has significant capacity for terminating traffic.

The line north through the tunnel from Platform 3 was not laid until 1992 and commissioned in August 1993. [9] [10] The tunnel roads serving platforms 2 and 3 both have a 10 km/h speed limit and are occasionally used by passenger services.

Trackplan
Tunnel and middle tracks end just before Waverton station
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S↓ To Milsons Point
PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1
T1
services to Penrith, Emu Plains & Richmond via Central & Strathfield weekday services to Richmond and 6 CCN services to Blacktown
T9
services to Epping & Hornsby via Central & Strathfield [11]
CCN
6 Weekday Morning peak NSW TrainLink services to Blacktown via Central [12]
2
T1
terminating services, returning to Richmond and Penrith [13]
3
T1
peak hour services and weekend terminating services, returning to Penrith Occasionally used by terminating T4 line services during service disruptions between Central and Bondi Junction
4
T1
services to Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra 6 Evening peak NSW TrainLink services to Wyong [14] [15]
T9
services to Gordon [11]
CCN
3 Weekday Evening peak NSW TrainLink services to Gosford
3 Weekday Evening peak NSW TrainLink services to Wyong
[12]

Bus Services

External image
Searchtool.svg North Sydney station Public Transport Map by Transport for NSW

Historic photos

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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. North Sydney Station NSWrail.net
  4. "Peninsula Railway Dead-End" Railway Digest January 1986 page 15
  5. "20 Years Ago" Railway Digest April 1988 page 150
  6. "20 Years Ago" Railway Digest December 1992 page 282
  7. "North Sydney Underground" Railway Digest February 1985 page 43
  8. Upgrade project profile Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
  9. "North Sydney" Railway Digest November 1992 page 434
  10. "Milsons Point – Waverton" Railway Digest November 1993 page 495
  11. 1 2 "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  12. 1 2 "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  13. "T1: Western line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  14. "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  15. "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.