Cheltenham railway station, Sydney

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

Cheltenham
Station concourse
Location	Sutherland Road, Cheltenham
Coordinates	33°45′21″S 151°04′43″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main North
Distance	25.38 kilometres from Central
Platforms	1 side, 1 island
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	CHA
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	10 October 1898
Rebuilt	14 June 2016
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	1,370 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank	142
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station Beecroft towards Hornsby T9 Northern Line Epping towards the city

History

The station c.1900

Cheltenham station opened on 10 October 1898.[2] It was established mainly due to pressure from William Chorley, whose home was located near the station. Chorley prevented commercial development near the station by placing covenants on the surrounding land, which he owned, and so Cheltenham is one of the few stations in Sydney with no shops nearby.[3]

As part of the original plans for the North West Rail Link it was proposed to upgrade Cheltenham station to four tracks as part of the quadruplication of the line between Epping and Beecroft.[4] There were however no plans for North West Rail Line services to stop at Cheltenham station.[5] Due to complaints by local residents about noise and increased train services, the proposal to route the line through Cheltenham was scrapped, in favour of a tunnel starting at Epping station from the Epping to Chatswood line.[6]

However, a second northbound track was built through the station around a decade later as part of the North Sydney Freight Corridor project, with the western platform becoming an island.[7] The works included the construction of a new concourse with lifts, which opened on 31 August 2015.[8][9][10][11] The new platform opened on 14 June 2016.[12]

Platforms and services

The station is served by four trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours. During off-peak hours two of these four train services towards Central terminate at Chatswood.[13]

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T9	Services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney	[14]
2	T9	All stations to Hornsby via Pennant Hills
3		no booked services	most northbound freight trains pass through

References

1. Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
2. Cheltenham Station NSWrail.net
3. Home Beecroft Cheltenham History Group
4. "Budget Has Cash to Finish Line" Northern District Times 31 May 2006 page 6
5. NWRL Environmental Assessment and Concept Plan - Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
6. TIDC North West Rail Link - Preferred Project Report Volume 1 May 2007
7. "Northern Sydney Freight Corridor Update" Railway Digest December 2014 pages 28-29
8. Epping to Thornleigh Third Track Archived 15 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
9. Leighton Contractors & TfNSW in Alliance to deliver Epping to Thornleigh Third Track Project Leighton Contractors 8 March 2013
10. Leighton & Abigroup win Epping to Thornleigh Third Track contract Rail Express 20 March 2013
11. "1 Northern Sydney Freight Corridor Program Epping to Thornleigh Third Track October 2015 Construction Update" (PDF). Transport for NSW & ETTT Alliance. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
12. "Weekly Notice 21" Sydney Trains May 2016 page 5
13. "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
14. "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.

External links

• Media related to Cheltenham railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Cheltenham station details Transport for New South Wales