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 Tallawong, Chatswood and the Sydney central business district. The station is soon to serve Bankstown as part of the government's 20-year Sydney's Rail Future strategy.Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project Overview Sydney Metro June 2015
History
The NSW Government announced a future railway line from Epping to Castle Hill as part of its Action for Public Transport strategy in 1998. 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.
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.Castle Hill station Sydney Metro – Transport for NSWNorth West Rail Link $340 million skytrain contract awarded Transport for NSW 18 December 2013$8.3 billion North West Rail Link to open in late 2019 Transport for NSW 16 June 2013
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 which opened on 5 December 2019, in conjunction with the shopping centre's expansion.
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. Castle Hill station is served by a number of bus routes operated by Busways and CDC NSW.Castle Hill Station Transport for NSW
References
External links
Castle Hill Station description at Sydney Metro Northwest project website Northwest Rapid Transit corporate website Castle Hill Station details Transport for New South Wales (Archived 17 June 2019)