Cheltenham railway station, Sydney

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Cheltenham

Northern Line
Station code	CHT
Suburb	Cheltenham
Street(s)	Sutherland Rd
Distance from Central Station	25.38 km
Station Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	2 Side
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	None
Disabled access	Yes (Assisted)
Station facilities	Link

Cheltenham is a CityRail railway station on Sydney's Northern Line. It serves the suburb of Cheltenham, a residential area. Cheltenham has two side platforms, and is located on a steep 2.5% gradient. The station opened in 1898^[1].

1 Platforms/Service
2 Accessibility
3 Future
4 Trackplan
5 Neighbouring stations
6 Notes
7 External links

[edit] Platforms/Service

The station is served by two trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.

Platform 1

Northern Line - all stations and limited stops services (via the City) to North Sydney or Lindfield via the North Shore Line.

Platform 2

Northern Line - services to Hornsby.

[edit] Accessibility

The station has street access to both platforms, connected by a road overbridge, giving it de facto Easy Access for wheelchairs, except for the problem of the gap and step between train and platform, the platforms being on a curve.

[edit] Future

Cheltenham station is expected to be upgraded to four tracks once the North West Rail Link is completed in 2017, as the line between Epping and Beecroft will be quadruplicated.^[2] However, the North West Rail Link services does not plan to stop at Cheltenham station. ^[3]

[edit] Trackplan

Track arrangement at Cheltenham

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Epping	Northern Line	Beecroft

[edit] Notes

^ Main North Line. Nswrail.net.
^ "Budget Has Cash to Finish Line", Kate Sikora, Northern District Times, 31 May 2006, pg 6.
^ NWRL Environmental Assessment and Concept Plan - Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -33.755839° 151.078650°

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)