Pymble railway station

Pymble
Northbound view of platforms, stairs and buildings from footbridge, January 2024
General information
Location	Grandview Street, Pymble New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°44′41″S151°08′32″E / 33.74479°S 151.14222°E / -33.74479; 151.14222 (Pymble railway station)
Elevation	140 metres (460 ft)
Owned by	New South Wales Government via Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	North Shore
Distance	18.90 km (11.74 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am to 7pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 8am to 4pm
Station code	PYB
History
Opened	1 January 1890(135 years ago) (1890-01-01)
Electrified	Yes (1927)
Passengers
2023 [1]	1,051,820 (year) 2,882 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Gordon towards City North Shore & Western Line Turramurra towards Berowra
Location

Pymble railway station is a suburban railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of Pymble. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore Line services.

History

Pymble station opened on 1 January 1890 when the North Shore line opened from Hornsby to St Leonards. ^[3] The station was named after Robert Pymble who came from Herefordshire in 1821. He sold a part of his 600 acre estate which was granted to him in 1823 for capturing a bushranger which was built by convicts. When the line was opened, the kitchen of his old homestead was used as the ticket office, and the dining room as the waiting room. In those days hurricane lamps were left at the station in the morning to light travellers home at night. The cottage of one of Pymble's sons, James (a bachelor), was removed to make way for the railway, and was afterwards the home of a sergeant of police who was shot by an orchardist on 1 May 1913.

The present island platform and station building were completed in 1909 in when the line was duplicated. ^[4] In March 2021, plans to improve the accessibility of the station were approved. ^[5] The upgrade featured three lifts, footpath upgrades, new handrails, and other features. The upgrade was completed in 2023. ^[6]

Services

Platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T1	services to Hornsby via Strathfield, Richmond, Penrith & Emu Plains
2	T1	services to Hornsby & Berowra

Transport links

CDC NSW operates two bus route via Pymble station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Grandview St:

• 579: to East Turramurra ^[7]

Pacific Hwy:

• 575: to Macquarie University ^[8]

Pymble station is served by one NightRide route:

• N90: Hornsby station to Town Hall station ^[9]

Trackplan

Pymble
Legend
↑N to Turramurra Pacific Highway Station Concourse ↑to buses Platform 2↑ Platform 1↓ ↓to buses plt 2 1 ↓S to Gordon

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. Pymble Station NSWrail.net
4. Pymble Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
5. "Plans Approved for Pymble Station Accessibility Upgrade". Alister Henskens SC MP. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
6. NSW, Transport for (24 May 2019). "Pymble Station Upgrade". transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
7. Route 579 timetable Transport for NSW
8. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
9. Route N90 timetable Transport Info NSW

External links

• Media related to Pymble railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Pymble Station details Transport for New South Wales (Archived 20 June 2019)