Eastwood railway station

Eastwood

Southbound view from Platform 3 in November 2011
Location West Parade, Eastwood
Coordinates 33°47′25″S 151°04′56″E / 33.790178°S 151.082262°E / -33.790178; 151.082262Coordinates: 33°47′25″S 151°04′56″E / 33.790178°S 151.082262°E / -33.790178; 151.082262
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
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code EWD
Website Sydney Trains
History
Opened 17 September 1886
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
Terminus
T1
Northern Line
towards Central
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Newcastle
Central Coast & Newcastle Line
towards Central

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.

Eastwood station in the early 20th century

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]
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]

Sydney Buses operate nine routes via Eastwood station:

Eastwood station is served by one NightRide route:[10]

Trackplan

Track layout

References

  1. ↑ Eastwood Station" NSWrail.net
  2. ↑ Asbestos scare spreads to city rail station Sydney Morning Herald 9 March 2006
  3. 1 2 3 "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable" (PDF). NSW Trainlink. 5 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 "T1: Northern line timetable" (PDF). Sydney Trains. 20 October 2013 [amended February 2015].
  5. 1 2 "Routes 515 and X15 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 8 August 2010 [Reprinted September 2014].
  6. 1 2 "Routes 521, 523, 524 and 541 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 7 June 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Routes 540, 543 and 544 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 20 October 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Routes 545 and 550 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 20 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Route 551 timetable" (PDF). Sydney Buses. 11 October 2009.
  10. ↑ NightRide bus services Transport Info NSW
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