Thornleigh railway station

Not to be confused with Thornlie railway station.

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

Thornleigh
Southbound view from Platform 3, with station access upgrades underway, March 2023
General information
Location	The Esplanade, Thornleigh Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°43′55″S 151°04′42″E
Elevation	173 metres (568 ft)
Owned by	New South Wales Government via Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main North
Distance	29.43 km (18.29 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 to 7pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 8am to 4pm
Station code	THO
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	17 September 1886 (138 years ago) (1886-09-17)
Electrified	Yes (1926)
Passengers
2023[1]	741,280 (year) 2,031 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Normanhurst towards Hornsby Northern Line Pennant Hills towards Gordon via Central
Location

History

Thornleigh station opened on 17 September 1886.^[3] Platform 1 is located on a loop and does not have any booked passenger workings, while south of the station, the line has a loop on each side as far as Pennant Hills.

To the north of the station, a line previously branched off to a quarry.^[4]

The local control panel was closed on 12 November 2006, with control transferred to Strathfield Signal Box. Control of Thornleigh was again transferred to the new Homebush Signal Box in October 2008.^[5]

Train services running through to the city through the Epping-Chatswood Rail Link via Macquarie University and Chatswood ceased on 30 September 2018. The track closure was due to the planned introduction of the Metro North West Line which opened on 26 May 2019.^[6] Replacement buses, known as Station Link buses were offered from Epping and during peak hours from Beecroft station to access the stations between Epping and Chatswood, via Maquarie University.

The station received an upgrade with lifts and upgraded amenities in June 2023, as part of the third track project between Epping and Thornleigh.^[7][8]

Services

Platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1		no booked passenger services
2	T9	Services to Gordon via Strathfield & North Sydney	[9]
3	T9	services to Hornsby	[9]

Transport links

CDC NSW operates two bus routes via Thornleigh station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 586: to Westleigh to Pennant Hills station^[10]
• 589: Hornsby station to Sydney Adventist Hospital^[11]

Thornleigh station is served by one NightRide route:

• N80: Hornsby station to Town Hall station^[12]

Trackplan

Track layout