Summer Hill railway station

Summer Hill
Eastbound view from Platform 2, October 2023
General information
Location	Carlton Crescent, Summer Hill
Coordinates	33°53′26″S151°08′22″E / 33.89055°S 151.13951°E / -33.89055; 151.13951
Elevation	26 metres (85 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Suburban
Distance	7.03 kilometres from Central
Platforms	3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am to 7pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 8am to 4pm
Station code	SMH
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	15 September 1879
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023 [1]	1,730,440 (year) 4,741 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Ashfield towards Parramatta or Leppington Leppington & Inner West Line Lewisham towards City Circle Ashfield towards Liverpool Liverpool & Inner West Line       North Shore & Western Line does not stop here       Northern Line does not stop here

Summer Hill railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Suburban line, serving the Sydney suburb of Summer Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Leppington & Inner West Line and occasional T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line services.

History

Carlton Cres Entrance in October 2023

Platform 3

Summer Hill station opened on 15 September 1879. ^{[3] [4]} The Main Suburban line through Summer Hill was quadruplicated in 1892, ^[5] and sextuplicated in 1927 in association with electrification works. ^{[6] [7]}

As part of the 1892 work, the northern side platform was converted to an island platform and a new platform constructed on the most northern line. The latter was demolished as part of the 1927 works. ^[7]

In 2004, Summer Hill was provided with lift facilities which are accessed from the subway. Initial plans called for a new overhead footbridge to access the station; however, this was opposed by locals on both aesthetic and access grounds, and the plans were subsequently altered to the current arrangement. ^[8]

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1		not in regular use
2	T2	services to Central & the City Circle	[9]
	T3	services to Central & the City Circle (weekday early morning, late night and weekends only)	[10]
3	T2	services to Homebush, Leppington & Parramatta	[9]
	T3	services to Liverpool via Regents Park (weekday early morning, late night and weekends only)	[10]

Transport links

Summer Hill station is served by one NightRide route:

• N50: Liverpool to Town Hall station ^[11]

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. Summer Hill Station NSWrail.net
4. "125 Years of the Sydney to Parramatta Railway" Ron Preston New South Wales Rail Transport Museum ISBN   0-909862-13-3
5. "NSW Railway Passenger Services 1880-1905" Australian Railway History Vol 56 No 810 April 2005 page 141
6. "Sydney Electric Trains from 1926-1960" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin April 2001 page 128
7. Summer Hill Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
8. Summer Hill station, new plans lodged Action for Public Transport NSW 2 May 2002.
9. "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
10. "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
11. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

External links

• Media related to Summer Hill railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Summer Hill station details Transport for New South Wales