St Leonards
Southbound view in September 2006
General information
LocationPacific Highway, St Leonards
Coordinates33°49′20″S 151°11′39″E / 33.82223°S 151.19413°E / -33.82223; 151.19413
Elevation90 metres (300 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)North Shore
Distance8.41 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeSNL
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened1 January 1890
RebuiltFebruary 2000
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
201838,000 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank14
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Wollstonecraft
towards Emu Plains or Richmond
 North Shore & Western Line Artarmon
towards Berowra
Wollstonecraft
via Strathfield
towards Hornsby
 Northern Line Artarmon
towards Gordon
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Wollstonecraft
towards Central
 Central Coast & Newcastle Line
(peak hour services)
 Artarmon
towards Wyong

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.

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 Services to Penrith, Emu Plains & Richmond via Central & Strathfield [5]
Services to Epping & Hornsby via Central & Strathfield[6]
6 Morning peak services to Blacktown via Central[7]
3 Services to Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra [8]
Services to Gordon[6]
6 Evening peak services to Gosford & Wyong via Gordon & Hornsby[7]
Trackplan
 S↑ To Wollstonecraft
 Pacific Hwy
Up Siding
N↓ To Artamon

There is an 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] Although long enough for an 8 car suburban train, it is not electrified and generally used for track work vehicles on occasions.

Busways operates seven bus routes via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

CDC NSW operates three bus routes via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW (all peak hours only):

Keolis Downer Northern Beaches operates two bus routes via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Transdev John Holland operates one bus route via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Transit Systems operates one bus route via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

St Leonards station is served by two NightRide routes:

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. 1 2 "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. 1 2 "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. ↑ "State Transit route 252". Transport for NSW.
  11. ↑ "State Transit route 254". Transport for NSW.
  12. ↑ "State Transit route 265". Transport for NSW.
  13. ↑ "State Transit route 286". Transport for NSW.
  14. ↑ "State Transit route 287". Transport for NSW.
  15. ↑ "State Transit route 290". Transport for NSW.
  16. ↑ "State Transit route 291". Transport for NSW.
  17. ↑ "Hillsbus route 602X". Transport for NSW.
  18. ↑ "Hillsbus route 612x". Transport for NSW.
  19. ↑ "Hillsbus route 622". Transport for NSW.
  20. ↑ "State Transit route 114". Transport for NSW.
  21. ↑ "State Transit route 144". Transport for NSW.
  22. ↑ Route 200 timetable Transport for NSW
  23. ↑ Route 320 timetable Transport for NSW
  24. ↑ "N90 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
  25. ↑ "N91 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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