Cudgegong Road railway station
Cudgegong Road | |
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 Cudgegong Road Station worksite | |
| Location |
Cudgegong Road, Rouse Hill New South Wales Australia |
| Owned by | Transport for New South Wales |
| Operated by | Northwest Rapid Transit |
| Distance | 35km from Chatswood |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Train operators | Northwest Rapid Transit |
| Connections | Bus |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Parking | 1,000 spaces |
| Bicycle facilities | 45 spaces |
| Disabled access | Yes |
| History | |
| Opening | Early 2019 |
| Services | |
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Cudgegong Road is a rapid transit terminal being built by the Northwest Rapid Transit (NRT) consortium at Cudgegong Road, Rouse Hill, in Sydney, Australia. The station is being built as part of Transport for New South Wales's Sydney Metro Northwest project, to serve future train services to 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]
The station is named after a nearby road, which in turn is named for a central west NSW property owned by the suburb's namesake, local pastoralist and political figure Richard Rouse. Cudgegong Road Station could not be named 'Rouse Hill' as this name is used for a separate station to the east, at the Rouse Hill Town Centre. Blacktown City Council unsuccessfully proposed naming the surrounding area – and station – in honour of former Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam, who died in 2014.[3]
Though various forms of a rail line to Rouse Hill were proposed by the NSW Government between 1998 and 2010, these generally terminated at the Town Centre. A 2001 plan had the line continue north-west rather than west from Rouse Hill, with the next stop at Box Hill.[4] Cudgegong Road only emerged as a station location in 2012, with the Government favouring a future corridor heading west from Rouse Hill towards the existing Schofields railway station and the future growth area of Marsden Park.
The new station is expected to open to passengers in early 2019. The station will be operated by NRT, which was also responsible for the design of the station as part of its "Operations, Trains and Systems" contract with Transport for NSW.[5][6][7]
References
- ↑ Transport for New South Wales (June 2012). Sydney's rail future: modernising Sydney's trains (PDF).
- ↑ Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project Overview Archived September 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Sydney Metro June 2015
- ↑ Duff, Eamonn (26 April 2015). "Whitlam suburb name refusal reveals Geographical Names Board unique agenda". The Sun-Herald.
- ↑ Christie, Ron (2001). Long-term strategic plan for rail. Sydney: Office of the Co-ordinator General of Rail.
- ↑ Cudgegong Road station Transport for NSW
- ↑ North West Rail Link $340 million skytrain contract awarded Transport for NSW 18 December 2013
- ↑ $8.3 billion North West Rail Link to open in late 2019 Transport for NSW 16 June 2013
External links
- Cudgegong Road Station description at Sydney Metro Northwest project website
- Northwest Rapid Transit corporate website