Killara railway station
Killara | ||||||||||||||||
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 Northbound view of station platform, building and stairs, November 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Culworth Avenue, Killara New South Wales Australia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°45′56″S 151°09′42″E / 33.76552°S 151.16167°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 116 metres (381 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Shore | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 15.89 km (9.87 mi) from Central | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am to 7pm
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| Station code | KLA | |||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 July 1899 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1906 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes; 1927 | |||||||||||||||
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| 2023[2] |
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| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Killara railway station is a suburban railway station and garden located on the North Shore line, serving the Ku-ring-gai suburb of Killara. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services. Killara railway station has heritage significance at a local level and is set among expansive gardens, rare in the Sydney metropolitan railway network.[3]
History
[edit]Killara station opened on 10 July 1899.[4] The name Killara was chosen by J. G Edwards and means “permanent, always here.” The present island platform and station building were completed in 1906 in anticipation of the line being doubled. This occurred in 1909.[5]
An upgrade to the station, including three lifts and tactile indicators was complete in November 2023.[6]
Services
[edit]Platforms
[edit]| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Penrith, Richmond & Emu Plains | [7] | |
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| services to Epping & Hornsby via Strathfield | [7] | ||
| 2 | services to Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra | [7] | |
| services to Gordon |
Transport links
[edit]Killara station is served indirectly by one NightRide route that stops on the Pacific Highway:
Pacific Hwy:
- N90: Hornsby station to Town Hall station[8]
Trackplan
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References
[edit]- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "State Heritage Inventory". 22 October 2019.
- ^ Killara Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Killara Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ [1] Killara Station Upgrade
- ^ a b c "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
External links
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Media related to Killara railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Killara station details Transport for New South Wales
