Asquith railway station (original) (raw)

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Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Asquith
Northbound view from Platform 2 looking at station buildings, January 2006
General information
Location Haldane Street, Asquith
Coordinates 33°41′19″S 151°06′28″E / 33.688573°S 151.107899°E / -33.688573; 151.107899
Elevation 186 m (610 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance 35.69 km (22.18 mi) from Central
Platforms 2 side
Tracks 2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Accessible Yes
Other information
Status Weekdays: Staffed: 6am-7pm Weekends and public holidays:Unstaffed
Station code ASQ
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened 1 November 1915; 109 years ago (1915-11-01)
Electrified Yes
Passengers
2023[2] 625,580 (year) 1,714 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Mount Colahtowards Berowra North Shore & Western Line Hornsbyvia Gordontowards City Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Mount ColahWeekends onlytowards Newcastle Interchange Central Coast & Newcastle LineLimited services Hornsbytowards Central Berowratowards Newcastle Interchange

Asquith railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern Line, serving the Sydney suburb of Asquith. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore Line and some early morning and late night NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services.

Asquith station opened on 1 November 1915.[3][4] South of the station lies Hornsby Maintenance Depot.

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 T1 Services to Epping & Hornsby via Strathfield, Penrith & Emu Plains via Gordon [5]
CCN Limited services to Central via Strathfield [6]
2 T1 Services to Berowra [5]
CCN Limited services to Wyong & Newcastle1 evening peak service to Gosford [6]

CDC NSW operates three bus routes via Asquith station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Pacific Hwy:

Asquith
↑N to Mount Colah BaldwinAvenueCCN StationExits ↑to buses Platform2↓ Platform1↑ plt2 12 1 ↓S to Hornsby
  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. ^ Asquith Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ "Asquith Railway Station Group". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage.
  5. ^ a b "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  6. ^ a b "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  8. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  9. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.