Carlingford railway station was a railway station in
Sydney
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,
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. It opened in 1896 and was the terminus of the
Carlingford line
The Carlingford railway line was a railway line in Sydney, Australia. It was opened from Clyde to Subiaco (later renamed Camellia) in January 1885, then by means of the construction of a bridge across the Parramatta River, to Carlingford in A ...
, which served the suburb of
Carlingford and was served by
Sydney Trains
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T6 Carlingford line services. The
Carlingford railway line
The Carlingford railway line was a railway line in Sydney, Australia. It was opened from Clyde to Subiaco (later renamed Camellia) in January 1885, then by means of the construction of a bridge across the Parramatta River, to Carlingford in A ...
was closed on 5 January 2020 with the station demolished in May 2020.
History
Carlingford station was built as the terminus of a new privately owned railway from
Rosehill. ''The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate'' of 12 January 1895 described the plans for the station:
The station opened on 20 April 1896 as Pennant Hills, but the line was never used, as the owner had got into financial difficulty. Pennant Hills was supposed to be a temporary terminus, as it was originally intended to extend the line to Dural. The initial section of line was eventually taken over and upgraded by the government. It opened for traffic on 1 August 1901 and the Pennant Hills station was renamed Carlingford. After the government took control of the line, it directed the Public Works Committee to conduct an investigation into the value of the Dural extension. The committee ultimately decided not to support construction of the extension.
The Carlingford Produce Store is located adjacent to the station. It included facilities to load grain onto railway wagons. Some of this infrastructure is still extant today. A large amount of land lies behind the station, originally reserved for future extensions of the line.
The brick building on the platform was built in 1978 after the original steam era structure was destroyed by fire.
Parramatta Rail Link
A major development of Carlingford station – and the Carlingford line – was proposed as part of the
Parramatta to Chatswood Rail Link project. The Epping to Parramatta section of the project was postponed indefinitely in 2003 by then-New South Wales Transport Minister
Michael Costa citing a lack of projected passenger numbers and economic viability.
However, on 11 August 2010, the federal Labor Party promised $2.6 billion towards a revival of the project, as part of the party's successful campaign to retain government at that year's election. Carlingford would have been rebuilt as an underground station. Work was due to start in 2011, with a prospected 2017 finish, but the NSW Liberal Government cancelled the project, instead requesting that Federal funding be diverted to an upgrade of the
Pacific Highway. The Federal Government responded by revoking the funding altogether.
Platforms & services
Carlingford station had the following services:
Transport links
Hillsbus
Hillsbus is an Australian bus company that operates services in the Hills District of Sydney. Founded in 2004 when National Express merged its Glenorie Bus Company and Westbus (Hills District operations only) subsidiaries, it is today part of C ...
operated one route via Carlingford station:
*625:
Parramatta station to
Pennant Hills station
State Transit operated three routes via Carlingford station:
*513: to
Meadowbank wharf (weekdays only)
*546:
Parramatta station to
Epping Epping may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Epping, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
** Epping railway station, Sydney
* Electoral district of Epping, the corresponding seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* Epping Forest, Kearns, a he ...
*550 Parramatta station to
Macquarie Park
Macquarie Park () is a suburb in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Macquarie Park is located 13 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde.
Macqu ...
Carlingford station was served by one
NightRide route:
*N61: to
Town Hall station
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Carlingford railway station, Sydney, Carlingford railway station
Carlingford station detailsTransport for NSW
Disused railway stations in Sydney
Railway stations closed in 2020
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1896
2020 disestablishments in Australia
City of Parramatta