Thornleigh railway station

Thornleigh
Northbound view
Location The Esplanade, Thornleigh
Coordinates 33°43′55″S 151°04′42″E / 33.73188056°S 151.0782528°E / -33.73188056; 151.0782528Coordinates: 33°43′55″S 151°04′42″E / 33.73188056°S 151.0782528°E / -33.73188056; 151.0782528
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance 29.43 kilometres from Central
Platforms 3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks 3
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code THO
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened 17 September 1886
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 2,120 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank 112
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Hornsby
T1
North Shore, Northern & Western Line
towards the city

Thornleigh railway station is located on the Main Northern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Thornleigh. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Northern Line services.

History

Thornleigh station opened on 17 September 1886.[2] Platform 1 is located on a loop and does not have any booked passenger workings, while south of the station, the line has a loop on each side as far as Pennant Hills.

To the north of the station, a line previously branched off to a quarry.[3]

The local control panel was closed on 12 November 2006, with control transferred to Strathfield Signal Box. Control of Thornleigh was again transferred to the new Homebush Signal Box in October 2008.[4]

Platforms & services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 no booked passenger services
2 services to Central via Strathfield & beyond [5]
3 services to Hornsby [5]

Hillsbus operates one route via Thornleigh station:

Transdev NSW operates two routes via Thornleigh station:

Thornleigh station is served by one NightRide route:

Trackplan

Track layout

References

  1. ↑ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Thornleigh Station NSWrail.net
  3. ↑ Historical & Archaeological Assement of Proposed Cycleway Edward Higginbotham & Associates March 2002
  4. ↑ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest February 2007
  5. 1 2 "T1: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  6. ↑ "Hillsbus route M60". Transport for NSW.
  7. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 586". Transport for NSW.
  8. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 589". Transport for NSW.
  9. ↑ "N80 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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