Chester Hill railway station

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Chester Hill
Chester Hill Station June 2020.jpg
Looking towards Sefton in June 2020
General information
LocationChester Hill Road, Chester Hill
Coordinates 33°53′01″S150°59′58″E / 33.883500°S 150.999385°E / -33.883500; 150.999385
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main South
Distance22.31 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station code CHH
Fare zoneOpal
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened8 October 1924
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 510,610 (year)
  • 1,399 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
Leightonfield
towards Liverpool
Bankstown Line Sefton
towards City Circle

Chester Hill railway station is located on the Main South line, serving the Sydney suburb of Chester Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services.

Contents

History

Chester Hill station opened on 8 October 1924 when the Main South line was extended from Regents Park to Cabramatta. [3] [4]

To the south of the station lies the Southern Sydney Freight Line that opened in January 2013.

Platforms and services

Historically Chester Hill was served by services from the city and Lidcombe operating to Liverpool. This changed in the early 2000s, when most services to Liverpool were altered to operate via Bankstown. Today Chester Hill is served by T3 Bankstown line services terminating at Liverpool and three Liverpool – City via Strathfield services on weekdays. The NSW Government Future Transport Strategy 2056 (November 2020 Edition) includes Chester Hill as the interchange station on the proposed Parramatta to Kogarah via Bankstown line. [5]

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Central & the City Circle via Lidcombe 2 services on weekdays [6]
T3
services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown [7]
2services to Liverpool 1 service on weekdays [6]
T3
services to Liverpool [7]

Transdev NSW operates five bus routes via Chester Hill station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Chester Hill station is served by one NightRide route:

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  2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
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