Denistone railway station

Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

33°47′59″S 151°05′15″E / 33.799838°S 151.087364°E / -33.799838; 151.087364Elevation48 metres (157 ft)Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated bySydney TrainsLine(s)Main NorthernDistance20.16 kilometres from CentralPlatforms4 (2 island)Tracks4ConstructionStructure typeGroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatus
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-2pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
UnstaffedStation codeDSTWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened26 September 1937ElectrifiedYesPassengers2023[2]
  • 250,470 (year)
  • 686 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Eastwood
towards Hornsby
 Northern Line West Ryde
towards Gordon via Central

Denistone railway station is located on the Main Northern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Denistone. It is served by Sydney Trains T9 Northern Line services.

History

Denistone station opened on 26 September 1937 with two side platforms.[3] However, they were built with provision to be converted to island platforms at a later date. The western platform was converted on 24 October 1978, and the eastern platform on 27 November 1989 when extra lines were opened.[4][5][6][7]

It contains one of Sydney's smaller commuter car-parks.[8] The station is located on a steep 1 in 40 gradient.

The station was earmarked for closure in 2001 due to low patronage but the plan was strongly opposed by the community who eventually won their appeal for it to stay open.

In early 2019 planning for an upgrade to the station commenced with the project set to be completed in 2023.

This upgrade involves two new lifts being built, one for each island platform.[9] The upgrades were completed in September 2023.[10]

Platforms and services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
T9
 Southbound services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney [11]
2
T9
 Southbound services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney [11]
3
T9
 Northbound services to Hornsby [11]
4
T9
 Northbound services to Hornsby [11]

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. ^ Denistone Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Denistone Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ^ "Northern Line Quadruplication" Railway Digest December 1987 page 389
  6. ^ "Eastwood - West Ryde Up Suburban line opens" Railway Digest January 1990 page 9
  7. ^ West Ryde - Epping SA Track & Signal
  8. ^ Sydney: Denistone, Back to the 1930s Transit Australia Vol 65 no 8 October 2010
  9. ^ NSW, Transport for (29 May 2019). "Denistone Station Upgrade". transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Denistone station gets a big lift". NSW Government. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  11. ^ a b c d "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.

External links

  • Media related to Denistone railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Denistone station details Transport for New South Wales
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