North Shore railway line, Sydney

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North Shore Line
Image:CityRail yellow.gif
Overview
Mode Commuter rail line
Area Hornsby
Ku-ring-gai
North Sydney
Sydney
Willoughby
Map colour Yellow
Owner CityRail
Design
Stations 35
Connects Central
Town Hall
North Sydney
Chatswood
Hornsby
Berowra
1890 Opened
Operations
Operator(s) CityRail
Fleet R, S, T, G, K sets
Depot(s) Hornsby
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A North Shore Line train crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
A North Shore Line train crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The North Shore Line is a part of the metropolitan rail network in Sydney, Australia, operated by CityRail. The North Shore Line extends from Sydney Central station through the western limb of the City Circle, across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and along the North Shore area to Hornsby where it joins the Northern Line.

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[edit] History

The North Shore Line was opened on 1 January 1890 as a single track between Hornsby and St Leonards. The line was extended to the Sydney Harbour foreshore at Milsons Point on 1 May 1893. Transport between this original Milsons Point station and central Sydney was by ferry boat. Most of the North Shore line was duplicated between 1900 and 1909. In 1927 the line was converted to electric operation using a 1500 volt DC, overhead supply.

The construction works for the Sydney Harbour Bridge necessitated truncation of the southern terminus from Milsons Point to Lavender Bay.

When the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened in 19 March 1932 a new Milsons Point station (on the bridge approach) came into operation and the North Shore Line was extended through it and over the Sydney Harbour Bridge to link with the underground lines of central Sydney. The result is that the two ends of the North Shore Line link to the Sydney railway system at Central and Hornsby.

After 1932 the original Lavender Bay station became a storage depot for electric trains, and the line connecting Lavender Bay to the North Shore line was reduced to single track. This line joins the current passenger-carrying North Shore line at Waverton station.

The North Shore Line is now a major commuter artery between the North Shore and central Sydney. In early years, Old Milsons Point, Bay Rd, St Leonards, Chatswood, Lindfield, Gordon, Pymble, Turramurra, Wahroonga and Hornsby stations had goods yards. All but St Leonards, Chatswood and Hornsby yards had disappeared by mid-twentieth century, and the latter three did not survive into the late twentieth century.

A new underground railway line is currently under construction: the Epping to Chatswood Line will connect Chatswood station of the North Shore line to Epping station on the main northern line.

The NSW Government Urban Transport Statement identifies capacity and service improvements for the North Shore Line with plans to add extra tracks between Gordon and Chatswood, and extra platforms at St Leonards by 2017. [1]

[edit] North Shore Line Stations

Name of Station Code Distance from
Central[2][3][4]		 Opened

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 TravelPass
Zone		 Serving Suburbs Pattern stops at this station Connections
North Shore Line
Central SBO 0 km 1855 Red Central,
Strawberry Hills,
Ultimo,
Surry Hills		 ■Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
■Bankstown Line
■Airport & East Hills Line
■South Line   ■Inner West Line
■Western Line   ■Northern Line
■South Coast Line
■Blue Mountains Line
■Newcastle & Central Coast Line
■Southern Highlands Line
(peak hours only)
Town Hall TNH 1.2 km 1932 Red Sydney,
Darling Harbour		 ■Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
■Bankstown Line   ■South Line
■Airport & East Hills Line
■Inner West Line   ■Northern Line
■South Coast Line
(peak hours only)
Wynyard WYD 2.1 km 1932 Red Sydney, The Rocks,
Millers Point		 ■Bankstown Line   ■South Line
■Airport & East Hills Line
■Inner West Line   ■Northern Line
Milsons Point MPT 4.4 km 1932 Red Milsons Point,
Kirribilli		 ■Northern Line
North Sydney NSY 5.1 km 1932 Red North Sydney ■Northern Line
Waverton WVT 6.1 km 1893 Red Waverton,
Lavender Bay,
North Sydney
Wollstonecraft WSC 7.2 km 1893 Red Wollstonecraft,
Greenwich
St Leonards SNL 8.4 km 1890 Red St Leonards,
Gore Hill,
Crows Nest
Artarmon ATO 10.3 km 1898 Red Artarmon,
Willoughby
Chatswood CHW 11.7 km 1890 Red Chatswood ■Epping to Chatswood line
(under construction)
Roseville RVL 13.3 km 1890 Yellow Roseville
Lindfield LDD 14.6 km 1890 Yellow Lindfield,
West Lindfield
Killara KLA 15.9 km 1899 Yellow Killara
Gordon GDO 17.1 km 1890 Yellow Gordon
Pymble PYB 18.9 km 1890 Yellow Pymble
Turramurra TMU 20.8 km 1890 Yellow Turramurra
Warrawee WWE 21.9 km 1900 Yellow Warrawee,
Wahroonga
Wahroonga WHG 22.6 km 1890 Yellow Wahroonga
Waitara WTA 24.2 km 1895 Yellow Waitara
Hornsby HBY 33.9 km 1886 Pink Hornsby,
Waitara		 ■Northern Line
■Newcastle & Central Coast Line
Asquith ASQ 35.7 km 1915 Purple Asquith
Mount Colah MOC 37.7 km 1887 Purple Mount Colah
Mount Kuring-gai MKI 40.7 km 1901 Purple Mount Kuring-gai
Berowra BEW 44.7 km 1887 Purple Berowra ■Newcastle & Central Coast Line
Cowan
(peak hours only)		 CWN 48.8 km 1890 Purple Cowan
Hawkesbury River
(peak hours only)		 HKR 57.4 km 1870 - Brooklyn
Woy Woy
(peak hours only)		 WOY 72.6 km 1889 - Woy Woy ■Newcastle & Central Coast Line
Point Clare
(peak hours only)		 PCL 78.1 km 1891 - Point Clare
Gosford
(peak hours only)		 GOS 80.9 km 1887 - Gosford ■Newcastle & Central Coast Line
Narara
(peak hours only)		 NRR 84.6 km 1887 - Narara
Niagara Park
(peak hours only)		 NIA 86.2 km 1902 - Niagara Park
Lisarow
(peak hours only)		 LRW 87.7 km 1887 - Lisarow
Ourimbah
(peak hours only)		 OUR 90.6 km 1908 - Ourimbah
Tuggerah
(peak hours only)		 TGG 98.5 km 1890 - Tuggerah,
Mardi,
Chittaway Point,
Kangy Angy
Wyong
(peak hours only)		 WYG 101.1 km 1887 - Wyong,
Wattanobi		 ■Newcastle & Central Coast Line

[edit] Stopping Patterns

  • Pattern 1: all stations to Berowra (& vice-versa)
  • Pattern 2: all stations to Hornsby (& vice-versa) *
  • Pattern 3: all stations to Gordon (& vice-versa) (peak hours only).*
  • Pattern 4: all stations to Lindfield (& vice-versa)
  • Pattern 5: intercity limited stops services from Wyong - all to Tuggerah, Narara, Gosford, Woy Woy, Berowra, Asquith, Hornsby, Turramurra, Gordon, Chatswood and all to Central, etc. (morning peak hours only).
  • Pattern 6: intercity limited stops services from Gosford - Woy Woy, Hornsby, Turramurra, Gordon, Chatswood and all to Central, etc. (morning peak hours only).
  • Pattern 7: intercity limited stops services to Wyong - all to Chatswood, Gordon, all to Turramurra, Hornsby, Asquith, Berowra, Woy Woy, Gosford, Narara, Ourimbah, all to Wyong (evening peak hours only).
  • Pattern 8: intercity limited stops services to Gosford - all to Chatswood, Gordon, all to Turramurra, Hornsby, Asquith, Berowra, Woy Woy, Gosford, Narara, Ourimbah, all to Wyong (evening peak hours only).*
  • Pattern 9: intercity all stations service to Wyong - all from Hornsby to Wyong (a single early morning peak hour service only).

* stations marked with mean that a few trains on this pattern in peak hours may skip this station.

The current off-peak service pattern is as follows:

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.metrostrategy.nsw.gov.au/dev/digitalAssets/2074_1184045743740_Transport.pdf
  2. ^ a b NSW Rail.net North Shore line. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
  3. ^ a b NSW Rail.net Main North line. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
  4. ^ a b NSW Rail.net City Circle. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
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