St Leonards railway station

St Leonards railway station is located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of St Leonards including the nearby Artarmon Industrial Area and Gore Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services.

This article is about the station in Sydney. For the closed station in Edinburgh, see St Leonards railway station (Scotland). For the current station in East Sussex, see St Leonards Warrior Square railway station.

St Leonards
Southbound view in September 2006
Location	Pacific Highway, St Leonards
Coordinates	33°49′20″S 151°11′39″E
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	North Shore
Distance	8.41 kilometres from Central
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	SNL
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1 January 1890
Rebuilt	February 2000
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	38,000 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank	14
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Wollstonecraft toward Emu Plains or Richmond North Shore & Western Line Artarmon toward Berowra Wollstonecraft via Strathfield toward Hornsby Northern Line Artarmon toward Gordon Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Wollstonecraft toward Central Central Coast & Newcastle Line (peak hour services) Artarmon toward Wyong

History

St Leonards station opened on 1 January 1890 as the terminus station of the North Shore line from Hornsby.[2] On 1 May 1893, the line was extended south to Milsons Point.

In August 1989, the station was relocated to a temporary station south of the Pacific Highway to allow the site to be redeveloped.[3] After the redevelopment encountered financial problems and remained dormant for a number of years, the new station was not completed until February 2000 as part of The Forum shopping plaza development.[4]

The new station was built with two island platforms to allow extra lines to be laid as part of a plan to quadruple the line.

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
2	T1	Services to Central, Strathfield & towards Emu Plains & Richmond	[5]
	T9	Services to Central, Strathfield & towards Hornsby via Epping	[6]
	CCN	2 Morning peak services to Blacktown via Central	[7]
3	T1	Services to Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra	[8]
	T9	Services to Lindfield & Gordon	[6]
	CCN	6 Evening peak services to Gosford & Wyong via Gordon & Hornsby	[7]

Trackplan
S↑ To Wollstonecraft Pacific Hwy Up Siding N↓ To Artamon

There is a unwired siding linked to the up track. It is equipped with catch points, and is 205m long (of which 168m is usable, enough to stable an 8-car suburban train). The points are manually operated by a lever next to the track. This also means the signals, which are controlled from Homebush Control Centre, cannot permit a movement to or from the siding. Additionally, as the points cannot be controlled by the signaller, any driver on the up track passing a signal at stop must proceed with caution, making sure there are no trains moving in or out of the siding.[9]

Transport links

Hillsbus operate three routes via St Leonards station:, all peak hours only

• 602X: North Sydney to Rouse Hill[10]
• 612X: Milsons Point to Riley T-way[11]
• 622: Milsons Point to Dural[12]

State Transit operate 10 routes via St Leonards station:

• 143: Manly to Chatswood station[13]
• 144: Manly to Chatswood station via Royal North Shore Hospital[14]
• 200: Bondi Junction Interchange to Chatswood station (peak hours only)
• 252: City - King Street Wharf to Gladesville[15]
• 254: McMahons Point wharf to Riverview[16]
• 265: Lane Cove to North Sydney[17]
• 286: Milsons Point to Denistone East[18] (peak hours only)
• 287: Milsons Point to Ryde[19] (peak hours only)
• 290: City (Erskine St) to Epping via Macquarie Park, Macquarie Centre & Macquarie University[20]
• 291: McMahons Point Wharf to Epping via Macquarie Park, Macquarie Centre & Macquarie University[21]

Transit Systems operates one route via St Leonards station:

• M20: Botany to Gore Hill[22]

St Leonards station is served by two NightRide routes:

• N90: Hornsby to City Town Hall[23]
• N91: Bondi Junction to Macquarie Park[24]

References

1. NSW Train Stations Barrier Dashboard 2004-2018 Institute for Sustainable futures UTS
2. St Leonards Station NSWrail.net
3. "St Leonards Station To Be Reveloped" Railway Digest August 1989 page 271
4. "St Leonards and Liverpool Station Openings" Railway Digest April 2000 page 10
5. "T1: Western line timetable". Transport for NSW.
6. "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
7. "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
8. "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
9. DRIVERS ROUTE KNOWLEDGE DIAGRAMS - NORTH SHORE LINE (PDF). Sydney Trains. 2019. p. 12.
10. "Hillsbus route 602X". Transport for NSW.
11. "Hillsbus route 612x". Transport for NSW.
12. "Hillsbus route 622". Transport for NSW.
13. "State Transit route 143". Transport for NSW.
14. "State Transit route 144". Transport for NSW.
15. "State Transit route 252". Transport for NSW.
16. "State Transit route 254". Transport for NSW.
17. "State Transit route 265". Transport for NSW.
18. "State Transit route 286". Transport for NSW.
19. "State Transit route 287". Transport for NSW.
20. "State Transit route 290". Transport for NSW.
21. "State Transit route 291". Transport for NSW.
22. "Transit Systems route M20". Transport for NSW.
23. "N90 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
24. "N91 Nightride". Transport for NSW.

External links

• Media related to St Leonards railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• St Leonards station details Transport for New South Wales
• St Leonards station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW