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Hornsby railway station is located at the junction of the Main Northern and North Shore lines, serving the Sydney suburb of Hornsby. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore Line and T9 Northern Line services and NSW TrainLink Intercity and regional services.

Hornsby
Western side entrance
General information
Location	George Street, Hornsby Australia
Coordinates	33°42′11″S 151°05′55″E
Elevation	187 metres (614 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Northern North Shore
Distance	33.86 km (21.04 mi) from Central via Strathfield
Platforms	5 (1 side, 2 island)
Tracks	5
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	HBY
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	17 September 1886; 136 years ago (1886-09-17)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Hornsby Junction
Passengers
2018	26,660 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank	22
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Asquith toward Berowra North Shore & Western Line Waitara toward City Terminus Northern Line Normanhurst toward Gordon via Central Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Asquith Limited services toward Newcastle Interchange Central Coast & Newcastle Line Epping toward Central Berowra toward Newcastle Interchange Gordon Limited weekday services toward Central Woy Woy toward Newcastle Interchange Central Coast & Newcastle Line Express services Epping toward Central Gosford toward Grafton, Casino or Brisbane NSW TrainLink North Coast Line Strathfield toward Sydney Gosford toward Moree or Armidale NSW TrainLink North Western Line

History

The station opened on 17 September 1886 as Hornsby, but was renamed Hornsby Junction on 1 November 1894. This was due to the construction of Normanhurst station to the south, which was initially named Hornsby as it was located in what was the more densely populated area of Hornsby at the time. Naming the station Hornsby Junction was an attempt to avoid confusion, but it was realised that having two Hornsby stations was still very confusing. On 1 May 1900, the suburb and station to the south was renamed Normanhurst, and Hornsby Junction reverted to Hornsby.[2][3]

On 1 January 1890, Hornsby became a junction station with the opening of the North Shore line to St Leonards. In 1894, a third platform was built along with a locomotive depot to the east of the station.[4] Hornsby was the northern extremity of the electrified network from 1930 until it was extended to Gosford in 1960. The wires did continue north of the station as far as the Hornsby Maintenance Depot.

As part of the CityRail Clearways Project, a fifth platform was constructed for use by through northbound trains. To allow for the new line, the Hornsby Signal Box was shifted 120 metres in 2007.[5] The new platform opened on 16 March 2009, with the existing Platform 4 becoming a turnback platform for Northern line trains. The additional platform allows extra trains to run on the Northern line via the Epping to Chatswood line and improves reliability.[6] As Hornsby is both an originating and terminating point for some services, on 10 July 2003 the communications system in a Millennium Train failed because the train's software could not compute that the origin and destination of the service had the same name.[7]

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T9	Services to Epping & Hornsby via Gordon	[8]
2	T1	Terminating services from Central Services to Berowra Evening peak services to Wyong	[8][9]
3	T9	Services to Central via Strathfield	[10]
	CCN	Services to Central	[9]
	North Coast Region	Services to Central	Set down only[11]
	North Western Region	Services to Central	Set down only[12]
4	T9	Terminating services to and from Central via Strathfield	[10]
5	North Coast Region	Services to Grafton, Casino & Brisbane	Pick up only[11]
	North Western Region	Services to Armidale/Moree	Pick up only[12]
	CCN	Services to Newcastle	[9]

Transport links

Hillsbus operates one route to and from Hornsby station:

• 600: to Parramatta station via Thornleigh, Pennant Hills, Cherrybrook, Castle Hill and Baulkham Hills.[13]

Transdev NSW operates nine routes to and from Hornsby station:

• 575: to Macquarie University via Turramurra[14]
• 587: to Westleigh[15]
• 588: to Normanhurst West[16]
• 589: to Sydney Adventist Hospital[17]
• 592: to Brooklyn & Mooney Mooney[18]
• 595: to Mount Colah[19]
• 596: to Hornsby Heights[20]
• 597: to Berowra station[21]
• 598: Hornsby Loop via Asquith[22]

Hornsby is also the terminus of two NightRide routes:

• N80: to Town Hall station via Strathfield[23]
• N90: to Town Hall station via Chatswood[24]

Trackplan

References

External links

• Media related to Hornsby railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Hornsby station details Transport for New South Wales
• Hornsby Station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW
• Flickr gallery showing construction of Platform 5

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