North Ryde railway station

North Ryde
Location Delhi Road, North Ryde
New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 33°47′41″S 151°08′18″E / 33.794676°S 151.138439°ECoordinates: 33°47′41″S 151°08′18″E / 33.794676°S 151.138439°E
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Northern Line (Epping- Chatswood line)
Distance 19.39 km (12.05 mi) from Central
Platforms 2 (1 Island)
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Train
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code NRQ
Website Sydney Trains
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Hornsby
T1
North Shore and Northern Line
via Macquarie University
towards Central

North Ryde railway station is an underground station on the Sydney Trains network in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in the suburb of North Ryde, Sydney, underneath Delhi Road. The entrance is directly opposite the Macquarie Park Cemetery. The station has Easy Access for wheelchairs. North Ryde railway station was swallowed the former television studios of Network Ten which operated from 1965 to 1991.

North Ryde is the 129th most patronised railway station in Sydney (out of a total of 176 stations), with an average of 1510 passengers boarding per day.

History

The station opened on 23 February 2009.[1] The original, proposed name of the station was Delhi Road (named after the adjacent street). On 12 June 2006, then New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma submitted North Ryde Railway Station to the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales as the provisional official name of the station.[2]

Platforms and services

The station is served by four trains per hour for most of the day.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 All stations and limited stops services to North Sydney, Chatswood and Central via the City, then Strathfield and beyond. [3]
2 All stations and limited stops services to Hornsby via Macquarie Park and Epping [3]

Gallery

References

  1. "CityRail - Epping to Chatswood rail link". CityRail.
  2. "New-style stations", Brendan Berecry, Northern District Times, 14 June 2006, pg 3.
  3. 3.0 3.1 North Shore & Northern Line timetable Sydney Trains 20 October 2013

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