Eastwood railway station

Eastwood
Southbound view from Platform 3 in November 2011
Location West Parade, Eastwood
Coordinates 33°47′25″S 151°04′56″E / 33.790178°S 151.082262°E / -33.790178; 151.082262Coordinates: 33°47′25″S 151°04′56″E / 33.790178°S 151.082262°E / -33.790178; 151.082262
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance 21.39 kilometres from Central
Platforms 4 (2 island)
Tracks 4
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code EWD
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened 17 September 1886
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 6,860 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank 36
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Hornsby
T1
North Shore, Northern & Western Line
towards the city

Eastwood railway station is located on the Main Northern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Eastwood. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Northern Line and NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services.

History

The station opened as Dundas on 17 September 1886 on the single track line. It was renamed Eastwood on 1 September 1887.[2] The line through Eastwood was subsequently duplicated and has since been quadruplicated. In 2004, the platforms were extended towards Epping to allow 8-car Intercity trains to service the platforms.

Eastwood station in the early 20th century

The station subway is accessible by non-paying members of the public, although this was separated from the station concourse by a fence. In February 2007, the fence was removed to allow construction of smartcard readers for the Tcard system.

In March 2006 it was revealed, that asbestos fibre had been disturbed by contractors installing cabling for the Tcard project in the roof of the ticketing office at the station. The station offices were temporarily closed and replaced by a temporary booking office in the station carpark.[3]

Platforms & services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 Services to Central [4]
2 Services to Hornsby via Strathfield, North Sydney & Gordon [4]
3 Services to Epping, Hornsby
Terminating services, returning to Central		 [4]
4 Services to Epping & Hornsby [4]

State Transit operate eight routes via Eastwood station:

Eastwood station is served by one NightRide route:

Trackplan

Track layout

References

  1. ↑ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Eastwood Station" NSWrail.net
  3. ↑ Asbestos scare spreads to city rail station Sydney Morning Herald 9 March 2006
  4. 1 2 3 4 "T1: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  5. 1 2 "State Transit route 515". Transport for NSW.
  6. ↑ "State Transit route 521". Transport for NSW.
  7. ↑ "State Transit route 541". Transport for NSW.
  8. ↑ "State Transit route 543". Transport for NSW.
  9. ↑ "State Transit route 544". Transport for NSW.
  10. ↑ "State Transit route 545". Transport for NSW.
  11. ↑ "State Transit route 551". Transport for NSW.
  12. ↑ "N80 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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