Telopea light rail station

Telopea
View of a station sign on the platform, December 2024
General information
Location	Adderton Road, Telopea Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°47′37″S151°02′30″E / 33.793661°S 151.041636°E / -33.793661; 151.041636 (Telopea light rail station)
Elevation	64 metres (210 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Transdev Australasia
Line(s)	Parramatta Light Rail
Platforms	2 (2 side)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Telopea Light Rail
History
Opened	13 June 1925(100 years ago) (1925-06-13) (as heavy rail) 20 December 2024(7 months ago) (2024-12-20) (as light rail)
Closed	5 January 2020(5 years ago) (2020-01-05) (as heavy rail)
Rebuilt	2020–2024
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2013	290 (daily) [1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank	210
Services
Preceding station Parramatta Light Rail Following station Dundas towards Westmead Westmead & Carlingford Line Carlingford Terminus
Former services Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Carlingford Terminus Carlingford Line (1885–2020) Dundas towards Clyde
Location

Telopea light rail station is a light rail station and former suburban railway station located on the Parramatta Light Rail, serving the Sydney suburb of Telopea. It is served by Sydney Light Rail L4 Westmead & Carlingford line services.

History

Northeastbound view of the original station in December 2019

Telopea was an infill station, opening on 13 June 1925. ^[2] As a suburban railway station, it was located on the Carlingford line, and served by Sydney Trains T6 Carlingford line services. The Carlingford railway line closed on 5 January 2020, and the station was demolished in May of that year. ^{[3] [ better source needed ]}

The Camellia to Carlingford section of the Carlingford railway line was converted to light rail as part of the Parramatta Light Rail. ^{[4] [5]} The converted light rail station opened on 20 December 2024, as part of Stage 1 of the Parramatta Light Rail.

Services

Platforms

The station is served by light rail as follows:

Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
L4	services to Westmead & Carlingford	[6]

At the time the station closed to suburban services, it was served as follows:

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T6	services to Carlingford services to Clyde	[7]

Transport links

Busways operates one bus route via Telopea station:

• 545: Parramatta station to Macquarie Park via Telopea & Eastwood ^[8]

References

1. Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
2. Telopea Station NSWrail.net
3. "T6 Carlingford Line closure for Parramatta Light Rail". Railpage. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
4. T6 Carlingford Line closure for Parramatta Light Rail –Temporary Transport Plan Archived 10 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
5. "Parramatta Light Rail – How the preferred network was chosen". Transport for NSW. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
6. "Westmead & Carlingford Line". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
7. "T6: Carlingford line timetable". Transport for NSW.
8. "Busways route 545". Transport for NSW.

External links

• Media related to Telopea railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Telopia station details Transport for NSW