Hornsby railway station, Sydney

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Hornsby

Newcastle & Central Coast Line
North Shore Line
Northern Line
Station code	HBY
Suburb	Hornsby
Street(s)	Station St
Distance from Central Station	26.45 km
Station Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops Suburban limited stops Intercity CountryLink
Number of platforms	4
Number of tracks	4
Platform arrangement	2 Side 1 Island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	Yes
Transfers available	Train Bus
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

The old carriage dock platform at the Asquith end of Platform 4.

Hornsby railway station is a railway station at the junction between the North Shore and Main Northern railway lines of the CityRail network in Sydney, Australia. It also serves the commercial and residential area of Hornsby. Confusingly, trains from Hornsby via the Shore can return to Hornsby via the Main, and vice versa. On July 10th 2003, this caused the communications system in a Millennium Train to fail because the train's software could not compute that the origin and destination of the service had the same name^[1].

1 Clearways Project
2 Accessibility
3 Transport Links
4 Platforms/Service
5 Neighbouring stations
6 Notes

[edit] Clearways Project

Under the Clearways Project, Hornsby is to get a new Platform 5 for use by through northbound trains. Existing Platform 4 then becomes a centre turnback platform for Northern line trains via Strathfield (later Epping Chatswood trains via Thornleigh). The additional platform is required in part for the extra trains that will operate when the Epping to Chatswood line opens.

[edit] Accessibility

Hornsby has three lifts connecting the concourse with 1 island platform and 2 side platforms, and thus has Easy Access for wheelchairs.

[edit] Transport Links

Shorelink runs a number of services to and from Hornsby railway station:

Route 574 - Hornsby Hospital
Route 587 - Westleigh via Normanhurst
Route 588 - Normanhurst West via Normanhurst
Route 592 - Limited service to Brooklyn and Mooney Mooney
Route 593 - Parklands Road
Route 595 - Mount Colah via Hornsby North
Route 596 - Hornsby Heights
Route 597 - Berowra station via Berowra Heights

Hornsby is also the terminal of NightRide routes N80 and N90, both of which go to Town Hall - N80 via Strathfield, N90 via Chatswood.

[edit] Platforms/Service

Platform 1:

North Shore Line - all stations and limited stops services to Gordon, Lindfield, Chatswood, St. Leonard's, North Sydney and Central. Peak hour intercity services from Wyong

Platform 2:

North Shore Line - all stations and limited stops services to Berowra.

Platform 3:

Northern Line - terminating services; all stations and limited stops services to Central via Strathfield.
Newcastle & Central Coast Line - intercity services to Sydney Terminal via Strathfield.
Countrylink North Coast - country services to Sydney Terminal (1 per day).
Countrylink North Western - country services to Sydney Terminal (1 per day).
This platform also services southbound freight trains.

Platform 4:

Northern Line - terminating services.
Newcastle & Central Coast Line - intercity services to Gosford, Wyong & Newcastle.
Countrylink North Coast - country services to Brisbane (1 per day) Casino (1 per day), and Grafton (1 per day).
Countrylink North Western - country services to Armidale and Moree via Werris Creek (1 per day).

Platform 5 (Currently Under Construction):

Newcastle & Central Coast Line - This platform will service all Newcastle & Central Coast Line trains heading to Gosford, Wyong & Newcastle, and all Countrylink services leaving Sydney. * This platform will also service northbound freight trains.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Epping	Newcastle & Central Coast Line	Berowra
Waitara	North Shore Line	Asquith
Normanhurst	Northern Line	terminus