Doonside railway station
Appearance
Doonside | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Doonside Crescent, Doonside | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°45′49″S 150°52′09″E / 33.76372770779617°S 150.86918815767132°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Western | ||||||||||
Distance | 38.59 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
Platforms | 4 (2 island) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Station code | DOD | ||||||||||
Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 27 September 1880 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2018 | 5,870 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink) | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Doonside railway station is located on the Main Western line, serving the Sydney suburb of Doonside. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western line services.
History
Doonside station opened on 27 September 1880.
It was renamed Wolkara on 1 February 1921, before resuming its original name 12 days later. The station was rebuilt in the 1950s when the Main Western line was electrified.[2]
Platforms & services
Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
1 | services to Hornsby via Central & Chatswood | [3] | |
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2 | services to Hornsby via Central & Chatswood | Mainly used during peak hours[3] | |
3 | services to Emu Plains | Mainly used during peak hours[3] | |
4 | services to Emu Plains | [3] |
Transport links
Busways operates two routes to and from Doonside station:
- 726: to Blacktown station[4]
- 753: to Blacktown station via Quakers Hill[5]
Doonside station is served by one NightRide route:
- N70: Penrith station to City (Town Hall).[6]
References
- ^ Transport Performance and Analytics (21 December 2018). "Train Station Entries and Exits 2016 to 2018". Train Station Entries and Exits Data. Open Data: Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Doonside Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ a b c d "T1: Western line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Busways route 726". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Busways route 753". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N70 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links
- Media related to Doonside railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Doonside station details Transport for New South Wales