Chester Hill railway station

Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

33°53′01″S 150°59′58″E / 33.883500°S 150.999385°E / -33.883500; 150.999385Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated bySydney TrainsLine(s)Main SouthernDistance22.31 kilometres from CentralPlatforms2 (1 island)Tracks3ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeGroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatus
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pmStation codeCHHWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened8 October 1924ElectrifiedYesPassengers2023[2]
  • 510,610 (year)
  • 1,399 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Leightonfield
towards Liverpool
Bankstown Line Sefton
towards City Circle

Chester Hill railway station is located on the Main Southern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Chester Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services.

History

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

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]
T3
services to Central & the City Circle via Bankstown[7]
2 services to Liverpool 1 service on weekdays[6]
T3
services to Liverpool[7]

Transport links

Transdev NSW operates five bus routes via Chester Hill station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Chester Hill station is served by one NightRide route:

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Chester Hill Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Chester Hill Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ^ Transport for NSW (November 2020). "Transport for NSW" (PDF). Transport for NSW. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b "T2: Inner West & Leppington line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. ^ a b "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ^ "Transdev NSW route 911". Transport for NSW.
  9. ^ "Transdev NSW route 916". Transport for NSW.
  10. ^ "Transdev NSW route M91". Transport for NSW.
  11. ^ "Transdev NSW route S2". Transport for NSW.
  12. ^ "Transdev NSW route S4". Transport for NSW.
  13. ^ "N50 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

External links

  • Media related to Chester Hill railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Chester Hill station details Transport for New South Wales
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  • Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
  • Stations in (parentheses) are uncommon stops for the listed service