Thornleigh railway station
Thornleigh | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view | |||||||||||
| Location | Pennant Hills Road, Thornleigh | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°43′55″S 151°04′42″E / 33.73188056°S 151.0782528°ECoordinates: 33°43′55″S 151°04′42″E / 33.73188056°S 151.0782528°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Northern | ||||||||||
| Distance | 29.43 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island, 1 side) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | THO | ||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 17 September 1886 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Thornleigh railway station is located on the Main Northern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Thornleigh. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Northern Line services.
History
Thornleigh station opened on 17 September 1886.[1] Platform 1 is located on a loop and does not have any booked passenger workings, while south of the station, the line has a loop on each side as far as Pennant Hills.
To the north of the station, a line previously branched off to a quarry.[2]
The local control panel was closed on 12 November 2006, with control transferred to Strathfield Signal Box. Control of Thornleigh was again transferred to the new Homebush Signal Box in October 2008.[3]
Platforms & services
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | no booked passenger services | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | services to Penrith & Richmond via Macquarie Park & North Sydney | [4] | |
| 3 | services to Hornsby | [4] |
Transport links
Hillsbus operates one route via Thornleigh station:
Transdev NSW operates two routes via Thornleigh station:
- 586: to Westleigh to Pennant Hills station[6]
- 589: Hornsby station to Sydney Adventist Hospital[7]
Thornleigh station is served by one NightRide route:[8]
- N80: Hornsby station to City (Town Hall)
Trackplan
References
- ↑ Thornleigh Station NSWrail.net
- ↑ Historical & Archaeological Assement of Proposed Cycleway Edward Higginbotham & Associates March 2002
- ↑ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest February 2007
- 1 2 "T1: North Shore & Northern line timetable" (PDF). Sydney Trains. 20 October 2013 [amended February 2015].
- ↑ "Routes M60 and 600 timetable". Hillsbus. 29 June 2015.
- ↑ "Route 586 timetable" (PDF). Transdev NSW. 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Route 589 timetable" (PDF). Transdev NSW. 20 July 2015.
- ↑ NightRide bus services Transport Info NSW
External links
Media related to Thornleigh railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Thornleigh station details Sydney Trains