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Owned by
  
RailCorp

Platforms
  
4 (2 island)

Owner
  
RailCorp

Operated by
  
Sydney Trains

Opened
  
1 January 1890

Tracks
  
4

Chatswood railway station

Location
  
Railway Street, Chatswood

Line(s)
  
North ShoreChatswood to Epping

Distance
  
11.65 kilometres from Central

Address
  
Chatswood NSW 2067, Australia

Similar
  
Epping railway station - S, Artarmon railway station, Wynyard railway station - S, Roseville railway station - S, Strathfield railway station

Sydney trains waratah a41 train arrives at chatswood railway station


Chatswood railway station is located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of Chatswood. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore & Northern line services.

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History

Chatswood station opened on 1 January 1890 when the North Shore line opened from Hornsby to St Leonards. An island platform was built on 23 May 1900 and a third dock platform brought into use on 12 July 1919. There was a small goods yard, similar to the one at St Leonards, on the western side of the station, beyond the northern end of the platforms. The dock platform on the eastern side of the station was used for electric parcel-van traffic and also for terminating some services from the city, until these were rescheduled to terminate further along the North Shore line from January 1992. It was removed in October 1994. Until 1958 there was a tram terminus in Victoria Avenue beside the station. The station entrance was later integrated with a shopping centre called The Interchange in the mid-1980s.

With the construction of the Chatswood to Epping line, it was decided to redevelop the station to accommodate Chatswood's new role as a junction station. The original station, as well as the attached bus interchange and shopping centre were demolished in 2005 and a temporary station was opened where the former platform 3 was located. A new western island platform opened in place of the original island platform on 16 October 2006. The eastern island platform opened in 2008. The signal cabin that was located at the northern end of the station building, was saved and has been preserved as part of the bus interchange.

The new station precinct is known as the Chatswood Transport Interchange (CTI) and consists of the railway station, a bus interchange and pedestrian pathways connecting the precinct to the surrounding streets. The CTI was constructed as a Public Private Partnership and was to include a new shopping plaza called Metro Chatswood and three towers. The private developers, CRI Chatswood, went into receivership whilst construction was underway. As a result, the shopping centre remained closed until 2014 and major construction of the towers was delayed for several years.

In 2019 Chatswood station will become the major terminus of the Sydney Metro Northwest line which will replace the original Epping to Chatswood railway line. This will at a later date be extended to Bankstown via the Sydney Harbour Rail Tunnel. This will leave Platforms 1 & 4 the only platforms served by Sydney Trains, while the 2 terminating roads will be used by Sydney Metro.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms - a city-bound platform and an outbound platform. The two centre platforms - platforms 2 & 3 - serve the Epping to Chatswood line. The outer platforms serve the North Shore line. A turnback / stabling road is located to the south of the station and is used to terminate some trains from the Epping line.

Access to Chatswood station is provided by a series of pedestrian walkways at three different intersections: Victoria Avenue and Railway Street, Chatswood Mall and Orchard Road, and Post Office Lane and Victor Street. Additional pedestrian entrances are available from Chatswood Central Plaza, adjacent to the north side of the station concourse.

Because the station and tracks are level with the ground, the concourse is actually below street level despite being open-air in nature. A row of ticket barriers with ticket windows allows passengers access to the concourse which features stairs, lifts, and escalators to access the platforms. The station fulfills Sydney Trains' Easy Access criteria.

Forest Coach Lines operate 11 routes to and from Chatswood station:

  • 193: to Macquarie University via Roseville Station, Crimson Hill Estate, Lindfield Station, West Lindfield & Macquarie Park
  • 196: to Mona Vale via Chatswood West, West Lindfield, West Pumble, Gordon Station, St Ives, Austlink Business Park & Terrey Hills
  • 198: to St Ives via East Roseville, East Lindfield, East Killara, Gordon Station, Barra Brui & Acorn Road
  • 277: to Castle Cove
  • 278: to Killarney Heights (peak hours only)
  • 279: to Frenchs Forest (3 services per weekday)
  • 280: to Warringah Mall
  • 281: to Davidson
  • 282: to Belrose (early evening and night time service)
  • 283: to Belrose
  • 284: to Duffy's Forest (peak hours and occasional service)
  • Hillsbus operates one route from Chatswood station:

  • 627: to Castle Hill (peak hours only)
  • Sydney Buses operate 20 routes to and from Chatswood station:

  • 136: to Manly wharf via Dee Why
  • 137: to House with No Steps (1 service per weekday)
  • 143: to Manly wharf via Crows Nest
  • 144: to Manly wharf via Royal North Shore Hospital & Crows Nest (off peak and weekends)
  • 200: to Bondi Junction Interchange via Macquarie Street (peak hours only)
  • 255: to Chatswood - Colwell Crescent
  • 256: to Chatswood - Hawthorne Avenue
  • 257: to Balmoral Beach
  • 258: to Mars Road Industrial Area (peak hours only)
  • 261: to Queen Victoria Building via Lane Cove (1 service per school day)
  • 267: to Crows Nest via Northbridge
  • 275: to Castlecrag (limited weekday service)
  • 343: to Kingsford via Willoughby
  • 533: to Sydney Olympic Park
  • 534: to Ryde, extends to West Ryde station during peak hours
  • 536: to Gladesville
  • 545: to Parramatta
  • 550: to Parramatta (only in this direction, afternoon peak hours only, school days only)
  • L60: to Mona Vale (peak hour service)
  • M40: to Bondi Junction Interchange via Town Hall station
  • Chatswood station is served by one NightRide route:

  • N90: Hornsby station to City (Town Hall)
  • References

    Chatswood railway station Wikipedia


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