Thornleigh railway station

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Thornleigh
ThornleighRailwaystation.jpg
Southbound view from Platform 3, with station access upgrades underway, March 2023
General information
LocationThe Esplanade, Thornleigh
Sydney, New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 33°43′55″S151°04′42″E / 33.73188056°S 151.0782528°E / -33.73188056; 151.0782528 (Thornleigh railway station)
Elevation173 metres (568 ft)
Owned by New South Wales Government via Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main North
Distance29.43 km (18.29 mi) from Central
Platforms3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks3
Connections TfNSW B.svg Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am to 7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am to 4pm
Station code THO
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened17 September 1886(138 years ago) (1886-09-17)
ElectrifiedYes (1926)
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 741,280 (year)
  • 2,031 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.svg Sydney Trains Following station
Normanhurst
towards Hornsby
Northern Line Pennant Hills
towards Gordon via  Central

Thornleigh railway station is a suburban railway station located on the Main North line, serving the Sydney suburb of Thornleigh. It is served by Sydney Trains' T9 Northern Line services.

Contents

History

Thornleigh station opened on 17 September 1886. [3] Platform 1 is located on a loop and does not have any booked passenger workings, while south of the station, the line has a loop on each side as far as Pennant Hills.

To the north of the station, a line previously branched off to a quarry. [4]

The local control panel was closed on 12 November 2006, with control transferred to Strathfield Signal Box. Control of Thornleigh was again transferred to the new Homebush Signal Box in October 2008. [5]

Train services running through to the city through the Epping-Chatswood Rail Link via Macquarie University and Chatswood ceased on 30 September 2018. The track closure was due to the planned introduction of the Metro North West Line which opened on 26 May 2019. [6] Replacement buses, known as Station Link buses were offered from Epping and during peak hours from Beecroft station to access the stations between Epping and Chatswood, via Maquarie University.

The station received an upgrade with lifts and upgraded amenities in June 2023, as part of the third track project between Epping and Thornleigh. [7] [8]

Services

Platforms

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1no booked passenger services
2Services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney [9]
3
T9
services to Hornsby [9]

CDC NSW operates two bus routes via Thornleigh station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Thornleigh station is served by one NightRide route:

Trackplan

Track layout Thornleigh trackplan.png
Track layout

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. ↑ Thornleigh Station NSWrail.net
  4. ↑ Historical & Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Cycleway Edward Higginbotham & Associates March 2002
  5. ↑ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest February 2007
  6. ↑ "Sydney Metro Information and Plans | About Sydney Metro". sydneymetro.info. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Chan, Ray (7 June 2023). "Accessibility upgrade for NSW stations". Rail Express. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Epping to Thornleigh Third Track". www.transport.nsw.gov.au. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  9. 1 2 "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  10. ↑ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
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