Wahroonga railway station

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Wahroonga

North Shore Line
Station code	WHG
Suburb	Wahroonga
Street(s)	Railway Parade
Distance from Central Station	22.77 km
Altitude (above sea level)	189.9 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

Wahroonga railway station is located on the Sydney Trains North Shore, Northern & Western Line. It serves a residential and local shopping area of the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga. The station was originally called Pearce's Corner.^[1]

The station open several decades after theNorth Shore railway line opened, with a single platform designed for conversion to an island platform once duplication arrived. As the station is connected to the adjacent streets on either side via stairs, Easy Access is not available for wheelchairs.

Wahroonga is the 104th most patronised railway station in Sydney (out of a total of 176 stations), with an average of 2230 passengers boarding per day.

Platforms and services

As of the new Sydney Trains timetables on Sunday the 20th of October 2013: on weekdays the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction for most of the day, with additional trains provided during peak hours; and on weekends the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction for most of the day.

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T1	all stations and limited stops services to Central, then Strathfield and beyond.
2	T1	all stations and limited stops services to Hornsby and Berowra.

Transport links

Wahroonga station is the terminus of one Shorelink route:

Route 576 - North Wahroonga

NightRide route N90 serves Wahroonga station.

Image gallery

Entrance
Exit
Station history sign at exit
North end of platforms
Old style seat on platforms
Wahroonga station ca.1900-1927

Trackplan

Track layout at Wahroonga. '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.

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		Sydney Trains		Following station
Waitara towards Wyong or Berowra	T1 North Shore Line			Warrawee towards Central

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wahroonga railway station, Sydney.

↑ The Department of Railways Research and Information Section (1966) Railway Quiz (Department of Railways) p11

External links

CityRail - Wahroonga station details

Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink stations

Sydney Trains lines and stations

T1 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 Woy Woy Gosford Narara Niagara Park Lisarow Ourimbah Tuggerah Wyong

North Shore, Northern & Western
Airport, Inner West & South
Bankstown
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra
Cumberland
Carlingford
Olympic Park

NSW TrainLink Intercity lines and stations

NSW TrainLink Regional / Interstate lines and stations

NSW TrainLink Southern
NSW TrainLink Western
NSW TrainLink North Coast
NSW TrainLink North Western

(stations in italics are under planning or under construction)

Under construction or planning: South West Rail Link, North West Rail Link

Coordinates: 33°43′03″S 151°07′01″E / 33.71751°S 151.11698°E / -33.71751; 151.11698

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