Castle Hill railway station is an underground

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station built by the

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consortium at Old Castle Hill Road, Castle Hill, in

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. The station, located opposite the Castle Towers shopping centre, was built as part of

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project, to serve train services to

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and Chatswood. The station is planned to eventually serve trains to the

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and

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as part of the government's 20-year ''Sydney's Rail Future'' strategy.

History

Ticket gates at Castle Hill Railway Station July 2019

The

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announced a future railway line from

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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

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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 NSW The underground pedestrian tunnel to

Castle Towers Castle Towers Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The shopping complex is owned by the Queensland Investment Corporation. It has a net leasable area of approximately 112,000 square metres, making it ...

opened on 5 December 2019 in conjunction with the mall's expansion. Platforms of Castle Hill Railway Station July 2019

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

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services. Castle Hill station is served by a number of bus routes operated by

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and

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.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) {{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, M=y Easy Access railway stations in Sydney Sydney Metro stations Railway stations in Australia opened in 2019 Castle Hill, New South Wales The Hills Shire