Norwest railway station

Norwest railway station is an underground rapid transit station built by the Metro Trains Sydney consortium at Brookhollow Avenue, Norwest, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The station was built as part of Transport for NSW's Sydney Metro Northwest project, to serve future 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.[2][3] Norwest station takes its name from the 172-hectare Norwest Business Park, in which it is located.

Norwest
Northwest station entrance at Century Circuit in June 2019
LocationBrookhollow Avenue, Norwest
New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates33°44′03″S 150°57′50″E
Elevation22 m (72 ft) below ground level[1]
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byMetro Trains Sydney
Distance26km from Chatswood
Platforms2
Train operatorsMetro Trains Sydney
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities30 spaces
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened26 May 2019
Services
Preceding station Sydney Metro Following station
Bella Vista
toward Tallawong
 M1 Metro North West Line Hills Showground
toward Chatswood

History
Norwest station, southern side (Brookhollow Ave) entry and exit

The NSW Government announced a future railway line to Castle Hill as part of its Action for Public Transport strategy in 1998.[4] A more specific but longer-term plan presented by Co-ordinator General of Rail Ron Christie three years later included a 'Mungerie Park Line', with a station at Norwest Business Park.[5] In the years that followed, Norwest 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]

Following a change of government, work on the North West Rail Link commenced in 2013.[7] As part of the approved proposal, an additional station, Bella Vista, was added within the business park. The new station opened in 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.[8][9][10]

Services

Norwest has two platforms. It is served by Metro North West Line services.[8][11] Norwest station is served by a number of bus routes operated by Busways and Hillsbus.[12]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 Services to Chatswood
2 Services to Tallawong
External image
Norwest Bus Guide by Transport for NSW
  • Escalator view
  • Roof
  • Ground
  • Another escalator view
  • Another roof view
  • Platform
  • Elevator
  • Norwest Metro Station Southern Side Entrance

References
  1. Sydney Metro. "Interactive Map". Sydney Metro. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. Transport for New South Wales (June 2012). Sydney's rail future: modernising Sydney's trains (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2014.
  3. Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project Overview Archived September 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Sydney Metro June 2015
  4. New South Wales Department of Transport (1998). Action for transport 2010: an integrated transport strategy for Sydney.
  5. Christie, Ron (2001). Long-term strategic plan for rail. Sydney: Office of the Co-ordinator General of Rail.
  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. Construction will soon begin on the North West Rail Link after tunnel contracts were awarded Daily Telegraph 25 June 2013
  8. Norwest Station Metro Norwest - Transport for NSW
  9. North West Rail Link $340 million skytrain contract awarded Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 18 December 2013
  10. $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
  11. "M: Metro North West line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  12. Norwest Station Transport for NSW
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