Thornleigh railway station

Thornleigh
Thornleigh
	Southbound view in March 2023, access upgrade underway
General information
Location	The Esplanade, Thornleigh
Coordinates	33°43′55″S 151°04′42″E / 33.73188056°S 151.0782528°E
Elevation	173 metres (568 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	29.43 kilometres from Central
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays:; Staffed: 6am-7pm Weekends and public holidays:; Staffed: 8am-4pm
Station code	THO
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	17 September 1886
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023	741,280 (year); 2,031 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink);
Services

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

History

Thornleigh station opened on 17 September 1886.^[3] Platform 1 is located on a loop and does not have any booked passenger workings, while south of the station, the line has a loop on each side as far as Pennant Hills.

To the north of the station, a line previously branched off to a quarry.^[4]

The local control panel was closed on 12 November 2006, with control transferred to Strathfield Signal Box. Control of Thornleigh was again transferred to the new Homebush Signal Box in October 2008.^[5]

Train services running through to the city through the Epping-Chatswood Rail Link via Macquarie University and Chatswood ceased on 30 September 2018. The track closure was due to the planned introduction of the Metro North West Line which opened on 26 May 2019.^[6] Replacement buses, known as Station Link buses were offered from Epping and during peak hours from Beecroft station to access the stations between Epping and Chatswood, via Maquarie University.

The station received an upgrade with lifts and upgraded amenities in June 2023, as part of the third track project between Epping and Thornleigh.^[7]^[8]

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1		no booked passenger services
2	T9	Services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney	^[9]
3	T9	services to Hornsby	^[9]

Transport links

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

586: to Westleigh to Pennant Hills station^[10]
589: Hornsby station to Sydney Adventist Hospital^[11]
600: Hornsby station to Parramatta station^[12]

Thornleigh station is served by one NightRide route:

N80: Hornsby station to Town Hall station^[13]

Trackplan

References

^ 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.
^ Thornleigh Station NSWrail.net
^ Historical & Archaeological Assement of Proposed Cycleway Edward Higginbotham & Associates March 2002
^ "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest February 2007
^ "Sydney Metro Information and Plans | About Sydney Metro". sydneymetro.info. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
^ Chan, Ray (7 June 2023). "Accessibility upgrade for NSW stations". Rail Express. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
^ "Epping to Thornleigh Third Track". www.transport.nsw.gov.au. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 23 June 2024.