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 Metro North West & Bankstown Line 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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 View of station building, looking westward, June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Old Castle Hill Road, Castle Hill New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°43′54″S 151°00′27″E / 33.731601°S 151.007372°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) below ground level[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Trains Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 21km from Chatswood | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Metro Trains Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 20 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 26 May 2019[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023[4] |
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History
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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 shopping centre's expansion.[12][13]
Services
editCastle 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 & Bankstown 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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| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | Services to Sydenham | ||
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| 2 | services to Tallawong |
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 Castle Hills Bus Guide by Transport for NSW |
References
edit- ^ Sydney Metro. "Interactive Map". Sydney Metro. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ Metro Transport for NSW
- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Transport for NSW (June 2012). Sydney's rail future: modernising Sydney's trains (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2014.
- ^ Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project Overview Archived 17 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Sydney Metro June 2015
- ^ New South Wales Department of Transport (1998). Action for transport 2010: an integrated transport strategy for Sydney.
- ^ Office of the Minister for Transport (10 March 2002). "Media release: release of preferred route for the proposed rail link to for Sydney's north west". Archived from the original on 2 May 2005.
- ^ a b Castle Hill station Sydney Metro – Transport for NSW
- ^ North West Rail Link $340 million skytrain contract awarded Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 18 December 2013
- ^ $8.3 billion North West Rail Link to open in late 2019 Archived 26 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 16 June 2013
- ^ "Next-gen retail offer unveiled at Castle Towers". QIC GRE. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "QIC gets connected at Castle Towers". Australian Financial Review. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "M1: Metro North West line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ Castle Hill Station Transport for NSW
External links
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- Castle Hill Station description at Sydney Metro Northwest project website
- Northwest Rapid Transit corporate website
- Castle Hill Station details Transport for New South Wales (Archived 17 June 2019)