Waitara railway station, Sydney

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Waitara
North Shore Line
Station code	WTA
Suburb	Waitara
Street(s)	Alexandria Pde
Distance from Central Station	24.21 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	1 Island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	No
Station facilities	Link

Waitara is a railway station on the CityRail network in Sydney servicing the suburb of Waitara. The station is served by four trains per hour in each direction for most of the day, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.

1 Platforms/Service
2 Transport Links
3 Trackplan
4 Neighbouring stations

[edit] Platforms/Service

Platform 1:

North Shore Line - all stations and limited stops services to Central; then to Blacktown, Penrith, Emu Plains, Riverstone, or Richmond via the Western Line, or to Eastwood or Hornsby via the Northern Line

Platform 2

North Shore Line - all stations services to Hornsby & Berowra.

[edit] Transport Links

Shorelink runs two routes via Waitara railway station:

Route 587 - North to Hornsby station, west to Westleigh via Normanhurst
SanLink - North to Hornsby station, south to Sydney Adventist Hospital

NightRide route N90 serves Waitara station.

[edit] Trackplan

Track layout at Waitara. 'Up Shore' is the technical name of the track that carries trains towards Sydney, and 'Down Shore' the track that carries trains away from Sydney.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding Station (inbound)	Line	Following Station (outbound)
Wahroonga	North Shore Line	Hornsby

CityRail Stations

CityRail Lines
North Shore Line	Central \| Town Hall \| Wynyard \| Milsons Point \| North Sydney \| Waverton \| Wollstonecraft \| St Leonards \| Artarmon \| Chatswood \| Roseville \| Lindfield \| Killara \| Gordon \| Pymble \| Turramurra \| Warrawee \| Wahroonga \| Waitara \| Hornsby \| Asquith \| Mount Colah \| Mount Kuring-gai \| Berowra \| Cowan \| Hawkesbury River \| Woy Woy \| Point Clare \| Gosford \| Narara \| Niagara Park \| Lisarow \| Ourimbah \| Tuggerah \| Wyong
(stations in italics are under planning or under construction)
■ Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra \| ■ Bankstown \| ■ Inner West \| ■ Airport & East Hills \| ■ South \| ■ Cumberland \| ■ Western \| ■ North Shore \| ■ Carlingford \| ■ Olympic Park \| ■ Northern \| ■ South Coast \| ■ Southern Highlands \| ■ Blue Mountains \| ■ Newcastle & Central Coast \| ■ Hunter
Under construction or planning: CBD Rail Link \| Epping to Chatswood Line \| North West Metro \| South West Rail Link