Pymble railway station
Pymble | |||||||||||
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 Northbound view of platforms, stairs and buildings from footbridge, January 2024 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Grandview Street, Pymble Australia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°44′41″S 151°08′32″E / 33.74479°S 151.14222°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 140 metres (460 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | North Shore | ||||||||||
| Distance | 18.90 kilometres (11.74 mi) from Central | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status |
Staffed: 6am-7pm
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| Station code | PYB | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 January 1890 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | |||||||||||
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Pymble railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of Pymble. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services.
History
[edit]Pymble station opened on 1 January 1890 when the North Shore line opened from Hornsby to St Leonards.[3] The station was named after Robert Pymble who came from Herefordshire in 1821. He sold a part of his 600 acre estate which was granted to him in 1823 for capturing a bushranger which was built by convicts. When the line was opened, the kitchen of his old homestead was used as the ticket office, and the dining room as the waiting room. In those days hurricane lamps were left at the station in the morning to light travellers home at night. The cottage of one of Pymble's sons, James (a bachelor), was removed to make way for the railway, and was afterwards the home of a sergeant of police who was shot by an orchardist on 1 May 1913.
The present island platform and station building were completed in 1909 in when the line was duplicated.[4] In March 2021, plans to improve the accessibility of the station were approved.[5] The upgrade featured three lifts, footpath upgrades, new handrails, and other features. The upgrade was completed in 2023.[6]
Services
[edit]Platforms
[edit]| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Hornsby via Strathfield, Richmond, Penrith & Emu Plains | ||
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| 2 | services to Hornsby & Berowra |
Transport links
[edit]CDC NSW operates two bus route via Pymble station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
Grandview St:
- 579: to East Turramurra[7]
Pacific Hwy:
- 575: to Macquarie University[8]
Pymble station is served by one NightRide route:
- N90: Hornsby station to Town Hall station[9]
Trackplan
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References
[edit]- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Pymble Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Pymble Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ "Plans Approved for Pymble Station Accessibility Upgrade". Alister Henskens SC MP. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ NSW, Transport for (24 May 2019). "Pymble Station Upgrade". transport.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Route 579 timetable Transport for NSW
- ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ Route N90 timetable Transport Info NSW
External links
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Media related to Pymble railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Pymble Station details Transport for New South Wales (Archived 20 June 2019)
