Pennant Hills railway station

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

Pennant Hills
Northbound view
General information
Location	Railway Street, Pennant Hills
Coordinates	33°44′17″S 151°04′21″E
Elevation	169 metres (554 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	28.58 kilometres from Central
Platforms	1 side, 1 island
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	PNT
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	17 September 1886
Rebuilt	2016
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023[1]	901,850 (year) 2,471 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Thornleigh towards Hornsby Northern Line Beecroft towards Gordon via Central

History

Delivering cases of fruit from local orchards, Pennant Hills Railway Station, Sydney, 1911-1916

Pennant Hills station opened on 17 September 1886.^[3] Immediately north of Pennant Hills, a short four track section of the Main Northern line begins which runs to the next station at Thornleigh.^[4]

The present day footbridge was built in May 1991 and Pennant Hills received an easy access upgrade including lifts on each platform, becoming one of the first low-patronage stations in Sydney to receive wheelchair access, along with Waverton. Nearby Thornleigh and Normanhurst did not receive wheelchair access until 2023.

As part of the North Sydney Freight Corridor project, an electrified passing loop was built behind the western platform where it joined the existing loop. As part of these works the western platform was converted to an island.^[5][6][7][8] The new platform opened on 14 June 2016.^[9]

Platforms and services

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T9	Services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney	[10]
2	T9	services to Hornsby	[10]
3		No booked passenger services

Trackplan

Track layout prior to the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor project

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. Pennant Hills Station NSWrail.net
4. State Rail Authority Track Diagram, 1992
5. Epping to Thornleigh Third Track Transport for NSW
6. Leighton Contractors & TfNSW in Alliance to deliver Epping to Thornleigh Third Track Project Archived 3 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Leighton Contractors 8 March 2013
7. Leighton & Abigroup win Epping to Thornleigh Third Track contract Rail Express 20 March 2013
8. "Northern Sydney Freight Corridor Update" Railway Digest December 2014 pages 28-29
9. "Weekly Notice 21" Sydney Trains May 2016 page 5
10. "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.

External links

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