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Owned by
  
RailCorp

Line(s)
  
Main Western Richmond

Opened
  
4 July 1860

Connection
  
Bus

Tracks
  
7

Operated by
  
Sydney Trains

Platforms
  
7 (3 island, 1 side)

Owner
  
RailCorp

Rebuilt
  
14 October 1995

Blacktown railway station

Location
  
Main Street, Blacktown, NSW Australia

Distance
  
34.87 kilometres from Central

Address
  
Blacktown NSW 2148, Australia

Similar
  
Marayong railway station, Seven Hills railway station, Doonside railway station, Penrith railway station - S, Westmead railway station

Music at blacktown railway station


Blacktown railway station is located on the Main Western line, serving the Sydney suburb of Blacktown. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western Line and T5 Cumberland Line services and NSW TrainLink Intercity Blue Mountains Line and regional Central West XPT services.

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History

Blacktown station opened on 2 July 1860 as Blacktown Road with the construction of the Main Western line.

Captain Martindale, the colony's chief engineer, was not happy with work done by contractor John Gibbons and refused to issue a certificate for work done. Not happy with the decision Gibbons told his men to remove three portions of the track near Parramatta. He was arrested and placed in the Parramatta Watch House before being released on bail. Two days later the first train ran into Black Town Road station. The station was renamed Blacktown on 1 August 1862.

The station received a major rebuild in the 1990s to a modern glass and steel structure with the addition of an extra platform and the provision of lift access to all platforms. It was opened on 14 October 1995 by Prime Minister Paul Keating. A bus interchange was also built in the triangle between the Main Western and Richmond lines.

Blacktown Station Bus Interchange

Stand 1: NightRide and Free Westpoint Shuttle

  • N70: Penrith station to City (Town Hall)
  • N71: Richmond station to City (Town Hall)

    • Stand 2: Busways

  • 750: to Mount Druitt via Richmond Road and Bidwill
  • 754: to Mount Druitt via Glendenning and Hassall Grove

    • Stand 3: Busways

  • 753 to Doonside
  • 756: to Mount Druitt via Woodcroft and Plumpton

    • Stand 4: Hillsbus (706) Busways (752)

  • 706: to Parramatta via Winston Hills
  • 752: to Quakers Hill and Rouse Hill

    • Stand 5: Hillsbus (702) and Transit Systems Australia (800/812)

  • 702: to Seven Hills
  • 800: to Fairfield via Polding Street
  • 812: peak hours only to Fairfield via The Horsley Drive

    • Stand 6: Hillsbus

  • 700: to Parramatta via Prospect and Girraween

    • Stand 7: Busways

  • 721: to Blacktown Hospital

    • Stand 8: Busways

  • 722: to Prospect Evening service combined with route 724
  • 723: to Mount Druitt via Eastern Creek
  • 724: to Arndell Park, peak hour extension to Huntingwood

    • Stand 9: Busways

  • 726: to Doonside station
  • 728: to Mount Druitt via Rooty Hill
  • 729: to Mount Druitt via Eastern Creek and Minchinbury

    • Stand 11: Hillsbus

  • 705: to Parramatta via Lalor Park and Pendle Hill

    • Stand 12: Hillsbus

  • 711: to Parramatta via Seven Hills and Wentworthville

    • Stand 13: Hillsbus

  • 611: to Macquarie Park via M2 Motorway
  • 630: to Macquarie Park via Seven Hills, Baulkham Hills and Epping

    • Stand 15/16: Busways and Hillsbus (T61)

  • 744: to Blacktown Industrial Area
  • S7: to Parklea Garden Village Shopper Hopper
  • T61: to Parramatta via Kings Langley
  • T70: to Castle Hill via Glenwood and Norwest
  • T71: to Castle Hill via Stanhope Gardens and Kellyville
  • T72: to Quakers Hill via Acacia Gardens
  • T74: to Riverstone via Stanhope Gardens and The Ponds
  • T75: to Riverstone via Rouse Hill Town Centre

    • Stand 17: Busways

  • 743: to Kings Langley via Kings Park

    • References

    Blacktown railway station Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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