Chester Hill railway station
Chester Hill | |||||||||||
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 Looking towards Sefton in June 2020 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Chester Hill Road, Chester Hill | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°53′01″S 150°59′58″E / 33.883500°S 150.999385°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Southern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 22.31 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status |
Staffed: 6am-7pm
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| Station code | CHH | ||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 1924 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | |||||||||||
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Chester Hill railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Chester Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services.
History
[edit]Chester Hill station opened on 8 October 1924 when the Main South line was extended from Regents Park to Cabramatta.[3][4]
To the south of the station lies the Southern Sydney Freight Line that opened in January 2013.
Platforms and services
[edit]Historically Chester Hill was served by services from the city and Lidcombe operating to Liverpool. This changed in the early 2000s, when most services to Liverpool were altered to operate via Bankstown. Today Chester Hill is served by T3 Bankstown line services terminating at Liverpool and three Liverpool – City via Strathfield services on weekdays. The NSW Government Future Transport Strategy 2056 (November 2020 Edition) includes Chester Hill as the interchange station on the proposed Parramatta to Kogarah via Bankstown line.[5]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Central & the City Circle via Lidcombe | 2 services on weekdays[6] | |
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| services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown | [7] | ||
| 2 | services to Liverpool | 1 service on weekdays[6] | |
| services to Liverpool | [7] |
Transport links
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: Transdev NSW no longer operates these routes, these routes have been taken by Transit Systems NSW - please update the timetable references as well. (July 2024) |
Transdev NSW operates five bus routes via Chester Hill station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
- 911: Bankstown station to Auburn station[8]
- 916: to Guildford station[9]
- M91: Parramatta station to Hurstville[10]
- S2: Sefton to Granville station[11]
- S4: to Fairfield[12]
Chester Hill station is served by one NightRide route:
References
[edit]- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Chester Hill Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Chester Hill Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ Transport for NSW (November 2020). "Transport for NSW" (PDF). Transport for NSW. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ a b "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev NSW route 911". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev NSW route 916". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev NSW route M91". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev NSW route S2". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev NSW route S4". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links
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Media related to Chester Hill railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Chester Hill station details Transport for New South Wales
