Waitara railway station

Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

33°42′36″S 151°06′16″E / 33.71011°S 151.10444°E / -33.71011; 151.10444Elevation185 metres (607 ft)Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated bySydney TrainsLine(s)North ShoreDistance24.21 kilometres from CentralPlatforms2 (1 island)Tracks2ConnectionsBusConstructionStructure typeGroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatus
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pmStation codeWTAWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened20 April 1895Rebuilt1909ElectrifiedYesPassengers2023[2]
  • 1,392,600 (year)
  • 3815 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Wahroonga
towards City
 North Shore & Western Line Hornsby
towards Berowra

Waitara railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of Waitara. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services.

History

A lady standing on a station platform looks at the camera while a train pulls in from in the distance
The first station seen in 1907.

Waitara station opened on 20 April 1895.[3] The original station was replaced by the present structure in 1909 when the line was duplicated.[4]

Waitara is one of a very few stations in Australia to have the origins of the name come from a Māori word; it means "pure water". It was suggested to the Railway Commissioner by Myles McRae, who had owned land at Hurstville called "Waitara," which he had purchased from G. B. Walker, a manager of a land company.

The station was upgraded with a new underpass constructed at the northern end of the station and a lift built, in February 2024.[5]

Services

Platforms

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
T1
 services to Epping & Hornsby via Strathfield, Richmond, Penrith & Emu Plains [6]
2
T1
 services to Hornsby & Berowra [6]

CDC NSW operates two bus route via Waitara station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Pacific Hwy:

Waitara station is served by one NightRide route:

Trackplan

Waitara
Legend
↑N to Hornsby
DNS
UNS
Northern Station
Underpass
↑to buses
Platform
2↑
2
Platform
1↓
1
Southern Station
Underpass
↓S to Wahroonga
  • Southbound view from the island platform
    Southbound view from the island platform
  • Subway entrance
    Subway entrance
  • New northern station entrance, May 2024
    New northern station entrance, May 2024

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. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Waitara Station Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Waitara Railway Station Group Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ^ "Waitara Station Upgrade". 29 May 2019. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  6. ^ a b "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 30 June 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  9. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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