Carlingford railway station

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Carlingford
Closed commuter rail station
Carlingford Line- Carlingford.jpg
Southbound view in December 2019
General information
LocationLloyds Avenue, Carlingford
Australia
Coordinates 33°46′56″S151°02′49″E / 33.782157°S 151.046962°E / -33.782157; 151.046962
Elevation104m/341ft
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Carlingford
Distance27.85 kilometres from Central
Platforms1
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking22 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusDemolished
Station code CGF
History
Opened20 April 1896
Closed5 January 2020
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesPennant Hills
Passengers
2018760 (daily) [1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Former services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Terminus Carlingford Line (1885–2020) Telopea
towards Clyde

Carlingford railway station was a railway station in Sydney, Australia. It opened in 1896 and was the terminus of the Carlingford line, which served the suburb of Carlingford and was served by Sydney Trains T6 Carlingford line services. The Carlingford railway line was closed on 5 January 2020 with the station demolished in May 2020. [2] [ better source needed ]

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History

Carlingford station was built as the terminus of a new privately owned railway from Rosehill. The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate of 12 January 1895 described the plans for the station:

The stations will also be first-class structures. At Cox's at Carlingford there will be approaches to the station on two sides. On the right hand side travelling north will be the main station building, and a covered platform 300 feet long. On the left hand side will be a goods siding. ... All the buildings will be of weatherboard. The plans are all ready, but tenders have not yet been accepted. [3]

The station opened on 20 April 1896 as Pennant Hills, but the line was never used, as the owner had got into financial difficulty. Pennant Hills was supposed to be a temporary terminus, as it was originally intended to extend the line to Dural. [4] [5] The initial section of line was eventually taken over and upgraded by the government. It opened for traffic on 1 August 1901 and the Pennant Hills station was renamed Carlingford. [6] [7] After the government took control of the line, it directed the Public Works Committee to conduct an investigation into the value of the Dural extension. The committee ultimately decided not to support construction of the extension. [8]

The Carlingford Produce Store is located adjacent to the station. It included facilities to load grain onto railway wagons. Some of this infrastructure is still extant today. [9] A large amount of land lies behind the station, originally reserved for future extensions of the line.

The brick building on the platform was built in 1978 after the original steam era structure was destroyed by fire. [10]

A major development of Carlingford station – and the Carlingford line – was proposed as part of the Parramatta to Chatswood Rail Link project. The Epping to Parramatta section of the project was postponed indefinitely in 2003 by then-New South Wales Transport Minister Michael Costa citing a lack of projected passenger numbers and economic viability. [11]

However, on 11 August 2010, the federal Labor Party promised $2.6 billion towards a revival of the project, as part of the party's successful campaign to retain government at that year's election. Carlingford would have been rebuilt as an underground station. Work was due to start in 2011, with a prospected 2017 finish, but the NSW Liberal Government cancelled the project, instead requesting that Federal funding be diverted to an upgrade of the Pacific Highway. [12] The Federal Government responded by revoking the funding altogether. [13]

Platforms and services

Carlingford station had the following services:

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1Terminating services to and from Clyde [14]

Hillsbus operated one bus route via Carlingford station:

State Transit operated three bus routes via Carlingford station:

Carlingford station was served by one NightRide route:

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  2. ↑ "T6 Carlingford Line closure for Parramatta Light Rail". Railpage. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Rosehill-Pennant Hills Railway – Steady work going on". The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate. 12 January 1895. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Notification of resumption of land under Simpson's Railway Act of 1893". New South Wales Government Gazette. 10 April 1894. p. 2363. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Rosehill-Dural Railway". The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate. 24 March 1894. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Carlingford Railway". The Town and Country Journal. 10 August 1901. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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  8. ↑ "Carlingford-Dural Railway – the proposal rejected". The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate. 20 February 1904. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Carlingford Produce Store". Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  10. ↑ March 2020 Railway digest ISSN 0157-2431
  11. ↑ Big-ticket items go as Costa redrafts transport blueprint Sydney Morning Herald 22 August 2003
  12. ↑ Johnson, Stephen (13 June 2012). "Pacific Hwy should trump rail: O'Farrell". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  13. ↑ Aston, Heath (29 May 2013). "Missing link: PM axes $2b Parramatta plan". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  14. ↑ "T6: Carlingford line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  15. ↑ "Hillsbus route 625". Transport for NSW.
  16. ↑ "State Transit route 513". Transport for NSW.
  17. ↑ "State Transit route 546". Transport for NSW.
  18. ↑ "State Transit route 550". Transport for NSW.
  19. ↑ "N61 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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