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 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]

Transport links

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

Gallery

  • 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.

External links

  • Media related to Waitara railway station at Wikimedia Commons
  • Waitara 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