Cheltenham railway station, Sydney

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Cheltenham
(1)Cheltenham Station-2.jpg
Station concourse
General information
LocationSutherland Road, Cheltenham
Coordinates 33°45′21″S151°04′43″E / 33.755839°S 151.078650°E / -33.755839; 151.078650
Elevation114 metres (374 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance25.38 kilometres from Central
Platforms3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station codeCHA
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened10 October 1898
Rebuilt14 June 2016
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 410,950 (year)
  • 1,126 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Beecroft
towards Hornsby
Northern Line Epping
towards Gordon via  Central

Cheltenham railway station is located on the Main Northern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Cheltenham. It is served by Sydney Trains T9 Northern Line services.

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History

The station c.1900 Cheltenham railway station circa 1900.jpg
The station c.1900

Cheltenham station opened on 10 October 1898. [3] It was established mainly due to pressure from William Chorley, whose home was located near the station. Chorley prevented commercial development near the station by placing covenants on the surrounding land, which he owned, and so Cheltenham is one of the few stations in Sydney with no shops nearby. [4]

As part of the original plans for the North West Rail Link it was proposed to upgrade Cheltenham station to four tracks as part of the quadruplication of the line between Epping and Beecroft. [5] There were however no plans for North West Rail Line services to stop at Cheltenham station. [6] Due to complaints by local residents about noise and increased train services, the proposal to route the line through Cheltenham was scrapped, in favour of a tunnel starting at Epping station from the Epping to Chatswood line. [7]

However, a second northbound track was built through the station around a decade later as part of the North Sydney Freight Corridor project, with the western platform becoming an island. [8] The works included the construction of a new concourse with lifts, which opened on 31 August 2015. [9] [10] [11] [12] The new platform opened on 14 June 2016. [13]

Platforms and services

The station is served by four trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours. During off-peak hours two of these four train services towards Central terminate at Chatswood. [14]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1Services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney [15]
2
T9
All stations to Hornsby via Pennant Hills
3no booked servicesmost northbound freight trains pass through

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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. Cheltenham Station NSWrail.net
  4. Home Archived 3 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Beecroft Cheltenham History Group
  5. "Budget Has Cash to Finish Line" Northern District Times 31 May 2006 page 6
  6. NWRL Environmental Assessment and Concept Plan – Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
  7. TIDC North West Rail Link – Preferred Project Report Volume 1 May 2007
  8. "Northern Sydney Freight Corridor Update" Railway Digest December 2014 pages 28-29
  9. Epping to Thornleigh Third Track Archived 15 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
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  11. Leighton & Abigroup win Epping to Thornleigh Third Track contract Rail Express 20 March 2013
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  14. "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  15. "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.