Norwest railway station is an underground Sydney Metro station on Brookhollow Avenue in Norwest, New South Wales, Australia. The station serves the Metro North West Line and was built as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project. The station is planned to eventually serve trains to the Sydney central business district and Bankstown as part of the government's 20-year Sydney's Rail Future strategy.[4][5]
Norwest | |||||||||||
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 Main entrance from Brookhollow Avenue | |||||||||||
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| Location | Brookhollow Avenue, Norwest New South Wales Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°44′03″S 150°57′50″E / 33.734251°S 150.963931°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) below ground level[1] | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metro Trains Sydney | ||||||||||
| Distance | 26km from Chatswood | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Metro Trains Sydney | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 30 spaces | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 26 May 2019 | ||||||||||
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| 2023[3] |
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History edit
The NSW Government announced a future railway line to Castle Hill as part of its Action for Public Transport strategy in 1998.[6] A more specific but longer-term plan presented by Co-ordinator General of Rail Ron Christie three years later included a 'Mungerie Park Line', with a station at Norwest Business Park.[7] In the years that followed, Norwest Station formed part of successive north-western rail proposals, including the Metropolitan Rail Expansion Plan in 2005 and a short-lived metro proposal in 2008.[8]
Following a change of government, work on the North West Rail Link commenced in 2013.[9] As part of the approved proposal, an additional station, Bella Vista, was added within the business park. The new station opened in 26 May 2019. The station is operated by Metro Trains Sydney, which was also responsible for the design of the station as part of its Operations, Trains and Systems contract with Transport for NSW.[10][11][12]
Services edit
Norwest has two platforms. It is served by Metro North West Line services.[10][13] Norwest station is served by a number of bus routes operated by Busways and CDC NSW.[14]
| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | Services to Chatswood Interchange | ||
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| 2 | Services to Tallawong |
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 Norwest Bus Guide by Transport for NSW |
References edit
- ^ Sydney Metro. "Interactive Map". Sydney Metro. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Transport for New South Wales (June 2012). Sydney's rail future: modernising Sydney's trains (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2014.
- ^ Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project Overview Archived September 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Sydney Metro June 2015
- ^ New South Wales Department of Transport (1998). Action for transport 2010: an integrated transport strategy for Sydney.
- ^ Christie, Ron (2001). Long-term strategic plan for rail. Sydney: Office of the Co-ordinator General of Rail.
- ^ Office of the Minister for Transport (10 March 2002). "Media release: release of preferred route for the proposed rail link to for Sydney's north west". Archived from the original on 2 May 2005.
- ^ Construction will soon begin on the North West Rail Link after tunnel contracts were awarded Daily Telegraph 25 June 2013
- ^ a b Norwest Station Metro Norwest - Transport for NSW
- ^ North West Rail Link $340 million skytrain contract awarded Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 18 December 2013
- ^ $8.3 billion North West Rail Link to open in late 2019 Archived 26 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 16 June 2013
- ^ "M: Metro North West line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ Norwest Station Transport for NSW
External links edit
- Norwest Station description at Sydney Metro Northwest project website
- Northwest Rapid Transit corporate website
- Norwest Station details Transport for New South Wales (Archived 16 June 2019)