Castle Hill railway station

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Castle Hill
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View of station building, looking westward, in June 2019
General information
LocationOld Castle Hill Road, Castle Hill
New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 33°43′54″S151°00′27″E / 33.731601°S 151.007372°E / -33.731601; 151.007372
Elevation25 m (82 ft) below ground level [1]
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Metro Trains Sydney
Distance21km from Chatswood
Platforms2
Train operatorsMetro Trains Sydney
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities20 spaces
AccessibleYes
History
Opened26 May 2019 [2]
Passengers
2023 [3]
  • 3,103,800 (year)
  • 8,504 (daily) [4] (Sydney Metro)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW M.svg Sydney Metro Following station
Hills Showground
towards Tallawong
Metro North West Line Cherrybrook
towards Chatswood

Castle Hill railway station is an underground Sydney Metro station in Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The station, located opposite the Castle Towers shopping centre, was built as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project, to serve train services to Rouse Hill and Chatswood. The station is planned to eventually serve trains to the Sydney central business district and Bankstown as part of the government's 20-year Sydney's Rail Future strategy. [5] [6]

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History

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Underground concourse

The NSW Government announced a future railway line from Epping to Castle Hill as part of its Action for Public Transport strategy in 1998. [7] In the years that followed, Castle Hill Station formed part of successive north-western rail proposals, including the Metropolitan Rail Expansion Plan in 2005 and a short-lived metro proposal in 2008. [8]

Work on the North West Rail Link got underway with the election of the O'Farrell Government in 2011. The new station was opened to passengers 26 May 2019. The station is operated by Metro Trains Sydney which was also responsible for the design of the station as part of its Operations, Trains and Systems contract with Transport for NSW. [9] [10] [11]

To make way for the construction of the station, part of Old Northern Road was converted into a bus-only region, and the underground pedestrian tunnel to Castle Towers opened on 5 December 2019, in conjunction with the mall's expansion. [12] [13]

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Platforms

Services

Castle Hill has two platforms and two crossovers, which can be used to terminate westbound trains on either platform if there is a problem on the line. It is served by Metro North West Line services. [9] [14] Castle Hill station is served by a number of bus routes operated by Busways and CDC NSW. [15]

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