Norwest railway station

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Norwest
SydneyMetro52.jpg
Main entrance from Brookhollow Avenue,
June 2019
General information
LocationBrookhollow Avenue, Norwest
New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 33°44′03″S150°57′50″E / 33.734251°S 150.963931°E / -33.734251; 150.963931
Elevation22 m (72 ft) below ground level [1]
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Metro Trains Sydney
Distance26km from Chatswood
Platforms2
Train operatorsMetro Trains Sydney
Connections TfNSW B.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities30 spaces
AccessibleYes
History
Opened26 May 2019
Passengers
2023 [2]
  • 1,213,300 (year)
  • 3,324 (daily) [3] (Sydney Metro)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW M.svg Sydney Metro Following station
Bella Vista
towards Tallawong
Metro North West & Bankstown Line Hills Showground
towards Sydenham
Future services
Bella Vista
towards Tallawong
Metro North West & Bankstown Line
(From 2025)
Hills Showground
towards Bankstown

Norwest railway station is an underground Sydney Metro station on Brookhollow Avenue in Norwest, New South Wales, Australia. The station serves the Metro North West & Bankstown Line and was built as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project. The station is planned to eventually serve trains to the Sydney central business district and Bankstown as part of the government's 20-year Sydney's Rail Future strategy. [4] [5]

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History

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Concourse

The NSW Government announced a future railway line to Castle Hill as part of its Action for Public Transport strategy in 1998. [6] A more specific but longer-term plan presented by Co-ordinator General of Rail Ron Christie three years later included a 'Mungerie Park Line', with a station at Norwest Business Park. [7] In the years that followed, Norwest Station formed part of successive north-western rail proposals, including the Metropolitan Rail Expansion Plan in 2005 and a short-lived metro proposal in 2008. [8]

Following a change of government, work on the North West Rail Link commenced in 2013. [9] As part of the approved proposal, an additional station, Bella Vista, was added within the business park. The new station opened in 26 May 2019. The station is operated by Metro Trains Sydney, which was also responsible for the design of the station as part of its Operations, Trains and Systems contract with Transport for NSW. [10] [11] [12]

Services

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Platforms

Norwest has two platforms. It is served by Metro North West & Bankstown Line services. [10] [13] Norwest station is served by a number of bus routes operated by Busways and CDC NSW. [14]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1Services to Sydenham
2
M1
Services to Tallawong
External image
Searchtool.svg Norwest Bus Guide by Transport for NSW

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  3. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
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