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Waitara railway station is located on the North Shore line, serving the
Waitara station opened on 20 April 1895. The original station was replaced by the present structure in 1909 when the line was duplicated.
Waitara is one of a very few stations in Australia to have the origins of the name come from a Māori word. It means "pure water". It was suggested to the Railway Commissioner by Myles McRae, who had owned land at Hurstville called "Waitara," which he had purchased from G. B. Walker, a manager of a land company.
File:Waitara_Railway_Station_Southbound.jpg, Southbound view from the island platform
File:Waitara_Railway_Station_Subway_Entrance.jpg, Subway entrance
Waitara station details
Transport for New South Wales {{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, North Shore & Northern=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Sydney Railway stations in Australia opened in 1895 North Shore railway line
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
suburb of Waitara. It is served by Sydney Trains
Sydney Trains is the operator of the suburban passenger rail network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network is a hybrid urban- suburban rail system with a central underground core that covers over of track and 170 ...
T1 North Shore line services. And is the last station on the North Shore Line (Hornsby-Wynyard) that does not have a lift.
History
Waitara station opened on 20 April 1895. The original station was replaced by the present structure in 1909 when the line was duplicated.
Waitara is one of a very few stations in Australia to have the origins of the name come from a Māori word. It means "pure water". It was suggested to the Railway Commissioner by Myles McRae, who had owned land at Hurstville called "Waitara," which he had purchased from G. B. Walker, a manager of a land company.
Platforms and services
Transport links
CDC NSW
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operates one bus route via Waitara station, under contract
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to Transport for NSW
Transport for NSW, sometimes abbreviated to TfNSW, and pronounced as Transport for New South Wales, is an agency of the New South Wales Government established on 1 November 2011, and is the leading transport and roads agency in New South Wales, ...
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*587: Hornsby station to Westleigh
*600: Hornsby station to Parramatta
Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...
Waitara station is served by one NightRide route:
*N90: Hornsby station to Town Hall station
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*Waitara station details
Transport for New South Wales {{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, North Shore & Northern=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Sydney Railway stations in Australia opened in 1895 North Shore railway line