Asquith railway station, Sydney

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Asquith
North Shore Line
Station code	?
Suburb	Asquith
Street(s)	Haldane St
Distance from Central Station	35.69 km
Station Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops Suburban limited stops (peak) Intercity (Late Night & Early Morning)
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	2 Side
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	Yes (assisted)
Station facilities	Link

Asquith railway station is a railway station on the Main North Line of the CityRail network. It is located in the Sydney suburb of Asquith. The station is served by two trains per hour in each direction for most of the day, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.

Most of the trains serving Asquith travel via the North Shore line even though the station appears as if it belongs on the Northern line. A few Central Coast trains stop for the convenience of schoolchildren.

Asquith has two side platforms. The platforms can easily accommodate suburban trains however are unable to fit the 8-car intercity services and only the rear 7 carriages are accessible.

1 History
2 Platforms/Service
3 Transport Links
4 Trackplan
5 References

[edit] History

Asquith Railway Station c1957

Asquith railway station opened on 1 November 1915, in conjunction with a land development by R. Halloran & Company. It was named after the then Prime Minister of England, Herbert Henry Asquith, Earl of Oxford and Asquith.^[1] Asquith was the last railway station to open between Hornsby and the Hawkesbury River.^[2]

[edit] Platforms/Service

Platform 1:

North Shore Line - Trains to Central via Chatswood that then continue along the Western Line to Blacktown, Penrith, Emu Plains, Riverstone and Richmond.

Platform 2:

North Shore Line - Trains to Berowra

[edit] Transport Links

Shorelink runs a number of services via Asquith railway station:

Route 592 - Limited service to Brooklyn and Mooney Mooney
Route 593 - South to Hornsby station, North to Parklands Road
Route 595 - South to Hornsby station, North to Mount Colah
Route 597 - South to Hornsby station, North to Berowra station and Berowra Heights

NightRide buses do not extend past Hornsby.

[edit] Trackplan

Track arrangement at Asquith

[edit] References

^ State Rail Authority of New South Wales Archives Section, How & Why of Station Names: meanings and origins..., Second Edition, 1982, State Rail Authority of New South Wales,
^ [1]0[}{]0[}{]0[}{]0[}&v40=1505&v46=1508 Hornsby Library]