St Leonards railway station

This article is about the station in Sydney. For the closed station in Edinburgh, see St Leonards railway station (Scotland). For the current station in East Sussex, see St Leonards Warrior Square railway station.

St Leonards
View looking north from Platform 3, June 2024
General information
Location	Pacific Highway, St Leonards, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°49′20″S151°11′39″E / 33.82223°S 151.19413°E / -33.82223; 151.19413
Elevation	90 metres (300 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	North Shore
Distance	8.41 km (5.23 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 (2 side)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am–10pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 6am–10pm
Station code	SNL
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1 January 1890;135 years ago (1890-01-01)
Rebuilt	August 1989 February 2000
Electrified	Yes; 1927
Passengers
2023 [1]	7,606,440 (year) 20,840 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Wollstonecraft towards Emu Plains or Richmond North Shore & Western Line Artarmon towards Berowra Wollstonecraft via Strathfield towards Hornsby Northern Line Artarmon towards Gordon Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Wollstonecraft towards Central Central Coast & Newcastle Line (peak hour services) Artarmon towards Wyong

St Leonards railway station is a suburban railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the northern Sydney suburb of St Leonards including the nearby Artarmon Industrial Area and Gore Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services.

History

St Leonards station opened on 1 January 1890 as the terminus station of the North Shore line from Hornsby. ^[3] On 1 May 1893, the line was extended south to Milsons Point.

In August 1989, the station was relocated to a temporary station south of the Pacific Highway to allow the site to be redeveloped. ^[4] After the redevelopment encountered financial problems and remained dormant for a number of years, the new station was not completed until February 2000 as part of The Forum shopping plaza development. ^[5]

The new station was built with two island platforms to allow extra lines to be laid as part of a plan to quadruple the line, which was never completed.

Southbound view of the station with the unused platform 1 closest to the left, September 2006

There is an unwired siding linked to the up track. It is equipped with catch points, and is 205m long (of which 168m is usable, enough to stable an 8-car suburban train). The points are manually operated by a lever next to the track. This also means the signals, which are controlled from Homebush Control Centre, cannot permit a movement to or from the siding. Additionally, as the points cannot be controlled by the signaller, any driver on the up track passing a signal at stop must proceed with caution, making sure there are no trains moving in or out of the siding. ^[6] Although long enough for an 8 car suburban train, it is not electrified and generally used for track work vehicles on occasions.

Services

Platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
2	T1	Services to Penrith, Emu Plains & Richmond via Central & Strathfield	[7]
	T9	Services to Epping & Hornsby via Central & Strathfield	[8]
	CCN	6 Morning peak services to Blacktown via Central	[9]
3	T1	Services to Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra	[10]
	T9	Services to Gordon	[8]
	CCN	6 Evening peak services to Gosford & Wyong via Gordon & Hornsby	[9]

Transport links

Busways operates eight bus routes via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 119: North Sydney to Gore Hill
• 252: North Sydney to Gladesville ^[11]
• 254: McMahons Point wharf to Riverview ^[12]
• 265: North Sydney to Lane Cove ^[13]
• 286: Milsons Point to Denistone East ^[14] (peak hours only)
• 287: Milsons Point to Ryde ^[15] (peak hours only)
• 290: City Erskine St to Epping ^[16]
• 291: McMahons Point wharf to Epping ^[17]

CDC NSW operates two bus routes via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW (all peak hours only):

• 612X: Milsons Point to Riley T-way ^[18]
• 622: Milsons Point to Dural ^[19]

Keolis Downer Northern Beaches operates two bus routes via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 114: Balmoral to Royal North Shore Hospital ^[20]
• 144: Manly to Chatswood station ^[21]

St Leonards station is served by two NightRide routes:

• N90: Hornsby station to Town Hall station ^[22]
• N91: Macquarie Park station to Town Hall ^[23]

Trackplan

St Leonards
↑N to Artarmon Pacific Highway Station Concourse CCN ←to buses Platform 3↓ Platform 2↑ plt 3 2 3 2 3 2 ↓S to Wollstonecraft

St Leonards Station & Siding
Legend
S↑ To Wollstonecraft Pacific Hwy Up Siding N↓ To Artamon

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. St Leonards Station NSWrail.net
4. "St Leonards Station To Be Reveloped" Railway Digest August 1989 page 271
5. "St Leonards and Liverpool Station Openings" Railway Digest April 2000 page 10
6. DRIVERS ROUTE KNOWLEDGE DIAGRAMS – NORTH SHORE LINE (PDF). Sydney Trains. 2019. p. 12.
7. "T1: Western line timetable". Transport for NSW.
8. "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
9. "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
10. "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
11. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
12. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
13. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
14. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
15. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
16. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
17. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
18. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
19. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
20. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
21. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
22. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
23. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

External links

• Media related to St Leonards railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• St Leonards station details Transport for New South Wales
• St Leonards station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW