Chatswood Railway Station

Chatswood railway station is on the North Shore railway line in Sydney, Australia, serving the North Shore business centre of Chatswood. The station is served by the Sydney Trains North Shore, Northern & Western Line and is the junction for the branches to Hornsby via Macquarie Park and Berowra via Gordon.

Chatswood is the 6th most patronised railway station in Sydney (out of a total of 176 stations), with an average of 21,370 passengers boarding per day.

History

The original Chatswood station was opened, along with the North Shore railway line on 1 January 1890. An island platform was built on 23 May 1900 and a third "local" platform brought into use on 12 July 1919. The first electric train ran through Chatswood on 15 August 1927, with full electric passenger service commencing 27 October 1928. At one time there was a goods siding that was later used by terminating services from the city until these ceased in January 1992. Until 1958 there was a tram terminus in Victoria Avenue beside the station. The station entrance was later integrated with a shopping centre called The Interchange in the mid-1980s.

With the construction of the Epping to Chatswood railway line, it was decided to redevelop the station to accommodate Chatswood's new role as a junction station. The original station, as well as the attached bus interchange and shopping centre were demolished in 2005 and a temporary station was opened where the former platform 3 was located. A new western island platform opened in place of the original island platform on 16 October 2006. The eastern island platform opened in 2008.