North Strathfield railway station

North Strathfield railway station is a suburban railway station located on the Main North line, serving the Sydney suburb of North Strathfield. It is served by Sydney Trains T9 Northern Line services.

North Strathfield
Northbound view of Platform 1 and station building in July 2022
General information
Location	Queen Street, North Strathfield Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°51′32″S 151°05′17″E
Elevation	19 metres (62 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Manager of NSW
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main North
Distance	13.38 km (8.31 mi) from Central
Platforms	3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am to 7pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 8am to 4pm
Station code	NST
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	9 June 1918 (107 years ago) (1918-06-09)
Electrified	Yes (from January 1929)
Passengers
2023[1]	1,326,120 (year) 3,633 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Concord West towards Hornsby Northern Line Strathfield towards Gordon via Central Future services Preceding station Sydney Metro Following station Olympic Park towards Westmead Sydney Metro West Burwood North towards Hunter Street
Location

History

The Homebush to Hornsby section of the Main North railway line was first opened in 1886, and a connection from the Main North railway line to Strathfield to the east was subsequently added. North Strathfield station was added to the line much later: it opened on 9 June 1918 as an island platform with two faces. In 1924, a third platform was added on the western side.^[3][4] Added to the line much later It is now the first station on the Main Northern line after it branches from the Main Suburban line at Strathfield.

Today, the primary, eastern, connection between the Main Northern and Main Suburban lines is from North Strathfield and Strathfield, but the single track western connection between North Strathfield and Homebush still exists. This connection is mainly used by freight trains but is occasionally used by passenger trains travelling to Olympic Park station during trackwork or for major events at Sydney Olympic Park.

To the east of the station lies a passing loop. This had been taken out of use, but in June 2015 was recommissioned as part of the construction of a dive south of the station as part of the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor project.^[5][6][7][8]

As part of the Sydney Metro West project, a further two platforms will be built.^[9][10][11]

As part of the accesbility projects, the station was upgraded and given lifts in November 2019.^[12]

Services

Platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T9	Southbound services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney	[13]
2	T9	Northbound services to Hornsby	[13]
3	T9	2 morning peak and 16 afternoon peak services to Hornsby

Entrance