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 25.26 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.
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 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 North Shore Line can return to Hornsby via the Northern Line, and vice versa.[citation needed] On July 10, 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].

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[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:

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:

Platform 3:

Platform 4:

Platform 5 (Currently Under Construction):


[edit] Trackplan

Track layout at Hornsby prior to construction of the fifth platform
Track layout at Hornsby prior to construction of the fifth platform


[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


Countrylink North Coast
Strathfield Hornsby Gosford
Countrylink North Western
Strathfield Hornsby Gosford

[edit] Notes

  1.   CityRail -- Millennium Train Incident Reports


 
CityRail Stations
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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
Newcastle & Central Coast Line Central | Redfern | Strathfield | Eastwood | Epping | Hornsby | Berowra | Cowan | Hawkesbury River | Wondabyne | Woy Woy | Koolewong | Tascott | Point Clare | Gosford | Narara | Niagara Park | Lisarow | Ourimbah | Tuggerah | Wyong | Warnervale | North Warnervale | Wyee | Morisset | Dora Creek | Awaba | Fassifern | Booragul | Teralba | Cockle Creek | Cardiff | Kotara | Adamstown | Broadmeadow | Hamilton | Wickham | Civic | Newcastle
(stations in italics are under planning or under construction)


 
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Suburban services
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line | Bankstown Line | Inner West Line
Airport & East Hills Line | South Line | Cumberland Line | Western Line
North Shore Line | Carlingford Line | Olympic Park Line | Northern Line
Intercity & Regional services
South Coast Line | Southern Highlands Line | Blue Mountains Line
Newcastle & Central Coast Line | Hunter Lines
Under Construction / Planning
CBD Rail Link | Epping to Chatswood Line | North West Rail Link | South West Rail Link
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