Hills Showground railway station

Hills Showground
Showground Station worksite
Showground Station worksite
Location Doran Drive, Castle Hill
New South Wales
Australia
Owned by Transport for New South Wales
Operated by Northwest Rapid Transit
Distance 23km from Chatswood
Platforms 2
Train operators Northwest Rapid Transit
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Underground
Parking 600 spaces
Bicycle facilities 40 spaces
Disabled access Yes
History
Opening Early 2019
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Metro   Following station
towards Tallawong
Northwest
towards Chatswood

Hills Showground is an underground rapid transit station being built by the Northwest Rapid Transit (NRT) consortium at Doran Drive, Castle Hill, in Sydney, Australia. The station, located near the Castle Hill Showground, is being built as part of Transport for New South Wales's Sydney Metro Northwest project, to serve future train services to Rouse Hill and Chatswood. The station is planned to eventually serve trains to the Sydney central business district, Bankstown and Hurstville as part of the government's 20-year Sydney's Rail Future strategy.[1][2][3]

The original plans for the North West Rail Link showed a station called Hills Centre, after the complex of civic buildings of the same name. This was to have been constructed on the site of the Castle Hill Showground. Following community consultation, it was determined that the station would be moved to the Hills Centre site – requiring its demolition – in order to retain the Showground. The station was renamed as a result.

References

  1. ↑ Transport for New South Wales (June 2012). Sydney's rail future: modernising Sydney's trains (PDF).
  2. ↑ Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project Overview Archived 17 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Sydney Metro June 2015
  3. ↑ Hills Showground Station


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