Berowra railway station

Berowra railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern Line, serving the Sydney suburb of Berowra. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore Line services and NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services.

Berowra
Southbound view of station, with a Tangara on Platform 2, October 2022
General information
Location	Old Pacific Highway, Berowra
Coordinates	33°37′25″S 151°09′11″E
Elevation	206 m (676 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	44.66 km (27.75 mi) from Central
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am–10pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 6am–10pm
Station code	BEW
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	7 April 1887; 137 years ago (1887-04-07)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023[1]	556,010 (year) 1,523 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Terminus North Shore & Western Line Mount Kuring-gai via Gordon towards City Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Cowan towards Newcastle Interchange Central Coast & Newcastle Line Limited services Mount Kuring-gai towards Central Asquith towards Central Central Coast & Newcastle Line Hornsby towards Central Woy Woy towards Gosford Central Coast & Newcastle Line Weekday peak via Gordon

History

Exterior view of the concourse, constructed in 2006

Berowra station opened on 7 April 1887 when the Main Northern line was extended from Hornsby to Hawkesbury River. In 1909, the line was duplicated and the present island platform built.^[3][4]

On 23 October 1983, a passing loop was opened opposite the platform.^[5] This allowed suburban services to terminate, and from January 1992, Berowra became the northern boundary of the Sydney suburban network replacing Cowan.^[6]

On 28 August 2006, Platform 3 opened on the passing loop as part of the Rail Clearways Program, to allow suburban trains to terminate clear of the running lines. Trains now terminate on the middle Platform 2, allowing through trains to overtake any terminating trains standing in the station. The upgrade also included provision of lifts, a new over-rail bridge for general station access and additional wet weather protection.^[7][8]

On 22 January 2007, Berowra station was almost engulfed as bushfires swept the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Efforts from firefighters saved the station and a train which had terminated there.^[9]

In February 2024, a man and woman were struck and killed by a freight train while attempting to cross the tracks at Berowra station.^[10]

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	CCN	Services to Central via Strathfield Morning peak services to Sydney Central via Gordon	[11]
2	T1	Services to Epping & Hornsby via Strathfield, Penrith, Richmond & Emu Plains via Gordon	terminating services[12]
3	CCN	Services to Gosford, Wyong & Newcastle	[11]

Northbound view from Platform 3

Transport links

CDC NSW operates four bus routes via Berowra station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 592: Hornsby station to Mooney Mooney^[13]
• 593: to Mt Ku-ring-gai industrial estate (Beaumont road)^[14]
• 597: to Hornsby station^[15]
• 599: to Berowra Heights^[16]

Trackplan

Berowra
Legend
Up Main to Hornsby Terminating Sydney Trains services from Central use Platform 2. Down Main to Broadmeadow via Gosford

References

1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
3. Berowra Station NSWrail.net
4. "Berowra Railway Station Group". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage.
5. "Signalling & Safeworking" Railway Digest April 1984 page 126
6. "CityRail launches new timetable" Railway Digest February 1992 page 45
7. Rail Clearways Program – Completed Projects Archived 11 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transport for New South Wales
8. Project Profile Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
9. Cool change helps Sydney firefighters Archived 3 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine ABC News 22 January 2007
10. "Berowra train fatalities: Two hit, killed by freight train". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
11. "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
12. "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
13. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
14. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
15. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
16. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

External links

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