Denistone railway station, Sydney

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Denistone
Northern Line
Station code	DST
Suburb	Denistone (West)
Street(s)	West Pde Gordon Cr
Distance from Central Station	20.155 km
Station Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops
Number of platforms	4
Number of tracks	4
Platform arrangement	2 island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	-
Disabled access	No
Station facilities	Link

The four platforms of the station. Note the 1970s-style buildings (containing toilets and waiting rooms) on the platform, similar ones of which have been demolished at most other stations on the Northern Line.

Denistone is a railway station on the Northern line of the CityRail network. It serves a well established residential area of Denistone (West), and is the closest station to the nearby Ryde Hospital.

[edit] History

The station concourse at 5pm on a weekday afternoon during the peak hour. The station is usually unstaffed.

The station opened much later than the rest of the Main North line, on 26 September 1937, a few years after the electrification of the line in 1929. The station is located on a steep gradient (1 in 40 (2.5%)), so it would have been quite hard for steam trains to stop and start when heading towards Hornsby - hence the reason for its later construction.

Nowadays, the station is one of the least used on the metropolitan CityRail network. There are no shops in the immediate vicinity of the station, and the station is quite close itself to West Ryde station, which means that not many people use the station. On the last few timetable releases it has received a minimum number of trains due to its low patronage.

In 2001 the local member (and current Minister for Transport), Mr John Watkins suggested as an election issue for the state seat of Ryde that the station should be closed. This brought anger from the local community (especially over concerns about its proximity to Ryde Hospital), and the then Mayor of Ryde Council, Ivan Petch. The suggestion was abandoned.

[edit] Platforms/Service

The station overbridge leading to platforms 3&4.

The station is served by two trains per hour for most of the time, with additional trains at peak hours. All trains that serve the station stop at all stations to the City or to Hornsby. All express and limited stop services bypass the station due to its low patronage.

Platform 1

• Northern Line - all stations services to the City, North Sydney, and Hornsby via the North Shore.
  

Platform 2

• Northern Line - occasional all stops services to the City, North Sydney, and Hornsby via the North Shore.
  

Platform 3

• Northern Line - all stations services to Eastwood and Hornsby.
  

Platform 4

• Northern Line - all stations services to Eastwood and Hornsby.
  

[edit] Accessibility/Exits

The two island platforms are connected to the main station concourse, overhead booking office and the only station exit by an overhead footbridge at the Eastwood end of the platform, which is reachable from Gordon Crescent, the street which runs across the railway line next to the station concourse. There are no provisions for wheelchair or disabled access. As of 2005 there are no plans to add them - West Ryde is a short distance away anyway and has adequate disabled access.

The station is usually only attended on weekday peak hour mornings, between 9am and 12pm. At other times the station facilities and toilets are usually not open. The waiting rooms and toilets on the platforms are usually always closed.

[edit] Bus Services

Denistone currently has no bus interchange or bus stop near the station. The nearest bus stop is on Blaxland Road, some three streets away, next to Ryde Hospital, which services the following route:

• 515 - Eastwood Railway Station (outbound); City (Queen Victoria Building) via West Ryde, Gladesville, Drummoyne and Rozelle (inbound). (There is also an express peak hour bus on the same route (X15).)
  

[edit] Neighbouring stations

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -33.799838° 151.087364°

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.

Cityrail Stations
Northern Line North Sydney | Milson's Point | Wynyard | Town Hall | Central | Redfern | Burwood | Strathfield | North Strathfield | Concord West | Rhodes | Meadowbank | West Ryde | Denistone | Eastwood | Epping | Cheltenham | Beecroft | Pennant Hills | Thornleigh | Normanhurst | Hornsby (stations in italics are under planning or under construction)