Castle Hill railway station

Castle Hill railway station is an underground rapid transit station built by the Metro Trains Sydney consortium at Old Castle Hill Road, Castle Hill, in Sydney, Australia. The station, located opposite the Castle Towers shopping centre, was built as part of Transport for NSW's Sydney Metro Northwest project, to serve 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.[3][4]

Castle Hill
View of station building, looking westward, in June 2019
LocationOld Castle Hill Road, Castle Hill
New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates33°43′54″S 151°00′27″E
Elevation25 m (82 ft) below ground level[1]
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byMetro Trains Sydney
Distance21km from Chatswood
Platforms2
Train operatorsMetro Trains Sydney
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities20 spaces
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened26 May 2019[2]
Services
Preceding station Sydney Metro Following station
Hills Showground
toward Tallawong
 M1 Metro North West Line Cherrybrook
toward Chatswood

History

The NSW Government announced a future railway line from Epping to Castle Hill as part of its Action for Public Transport strategy in 1998.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7][8][9]

The underground pedestrian tunnel to Castle Towers opened on 5 December 2019 in conjunction with the mall's expansion.[10][11]

Services

Castle 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 Line services.[7][12] Castle Hill station is served by a number of bus routes operated by Busways and Hillsbus.[13]

Trackplan
 E↑ Towards Chatswood
W↓ Towards Tallawong
Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 Services to Chatswood
2 Services to Tallawong
External image
Castle Hills Bus Guide by Transport for NSW

References
  1. Sydney Metro. "Interactive Map". Sydney Metro. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. Metro Transport for NSW
  3. Transport for NSW (June 2012). Sydney's rail future: modernising Sydney's trains (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2014.
  4. Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project Overview Archived 17 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Sydney Metro June 2015
  5. New South Wales Department of Transport (1998). Action for transport 2010: an integrated transport strategy for Sydney.
  6. 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 3 May 2005.
  7. Castle Hill station Sydney Metro - Transport for NSW
  8. North West Rail Link $340 million skytrain contract awarded Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 18 December 2013
  9. $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
  10. "Next-gen retail offer unveiled at Castle Towers". QIC GRE. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  11. "QIC gets connected at Castle Towers". Australian Financial Review. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  12. "M: Metro North West line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  13. Castle Hill Station Transport for NSW
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