Castle Hill metro station

Castle Hill railway station is an underground Sydney Metro station in Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The station, located opposite the Castle Towers shopping centre, was built as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project, to serve Metro North West & Bankstown Line train services to Rouse Hill and Chatswood. 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.^[5][6]

Castle Hill
View of station building, looking westward, June 2019
General information
Location	Old Castle Hill Road, Castle Hill New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°43′54″S 151°00′27″E
Elevation	25 m (82 ft) below ground level[1]
Owned by	New South Wales Government via Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by	Metro Trains Sydney
Distance	21km from Chatswood
Platforms	2
Train operators	Metro Trains Sydney
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	20 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	26 May 2019[2]
Passengers
2023[3]	3,103,800 (year) 8,504 (daily)[4] (Sydney Metro)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Metro Following station Hills Showground towards Tallawong Metro North West & Bankstown Line Cherrybrook towards Sydenham Future services Hills Showground towards Tallawong Metro North West & Bankstown Line (From 2025) Cherrybrook towards Bankstown
Location

History

Underground concourse

The NSW Government announced a future railway line from Epping to Castle Hill as part of its Action for Public Transport strategy in 1998.^[7] In the years that followed, Castle Hill 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]

Work on the North West Rail Link got underway with the election of the O'Farrell Government in 2011. The new station was opened to passengers 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.^[9][10][11]

To make way for the construction of the station, part of Old Northern Road was converted into a bus-only region .The underground pedestrian tunnel was also converted to Castle Towers opened on 5 December 2019, in conjunction with the shopping centre's expansion.^[12][13]

Platforms

Services

Castle Hill has two platforms and two crossovers, which can be used to terminate westbound trains on either platform if there is a problem on the line. It is served by Metro North West & Bankstown Line services.^[9][14] Castle Hill station is served by a number of bus routes operated by Busways and CDC NSW.^[15]

Trackplan
Legend
to Cherrybrook 1 2 to Hills Showground

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	M1	Services to Sydenham
2	M1	services to Tallawong

External image
Castle Hills Bus Guide by Transport for NSW