Eastwood railway station
Eastwood | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Southbound view from Platform 3 in November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | West Parade, Eastwood | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°47′25″S 151°04′56″E / 33.790178°S 151.082262°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | EWD | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 17 September 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1] 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.
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.[2]
Platforms & services
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Central | [3] | |
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| 2 | services to services to Hornsby via Strathfield, North Sydney & Gordon | [4] | |
| 3 | services to Epping | [4] | |
| services to Gosford, Wyong & Hamilton (Newcastle) | [3] | ||
| 4 | services to Gosford, Wyong & Hamilton (Newcastle) | [3] |
Transport links
Sydney Buses operate nine routes via Eastwood station:
- 515: to Circular Quay via Victoria Road[5]
- 521: to Parramatta station[6]
- 541: to Epping station[6]
- 543: to West Ryde station[7]
- 544: Macquarie Centre to Auburn station[7]
- 545: Chatswood station to Parramatta station[8]
- 550: Chatswood station to Parramatta station[8]
- 551: to Marsfield[9]
- X15: to Circular Quay via Victoria Road[5]
Eastwood station is served by one NightRide route:[10]
- N80: Hornsby station to City (Town Hall)
Trackplan
References
- ^ Eastwood Station" NSWrail.net
- ^ Asbestos scare spreads to city rail station Sydney Morning Herald 9 March 2006
- ^ a b c "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "Busways route 515". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "Busways route 521". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "Busways route 540". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "Busways route 545". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Busways route 551". Transport for NSW.
- ^ NightRide bus services Archived 15 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transport Info NSW
External links
Media related to Eastwood railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Eastwood station details Sydney Trains
