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Asquith, New South Wales
Asquith is a suburb in Sydney's Northern Sydney, Northern Suburbs in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Asquith is located 26 km north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of Hornsby Shire. The suburb contains a section of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park on its eastern side. History Asquith was named in 1915 after the then prime minister of the United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith. Asquith railway station opened on 1 November 1915, in conjunction with land released by R. Halloran & Company. Asquith post office opened on 27 September 1920 and Asquith school opened during March 1930.State Rail Authority of New South Wales Archives Section, ''How & Why of Station Names: meanings and origins...'', Second Edition, 1982, State Rail Authority of New South Wales, Hornsby Mainteneance Depot opened in Asquith in 1928. Wrigley Company, Wrigley's Chewing Gum opened its first Australian office in 1961 in Asquith, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Hornsby
Electoral district of Hornsby is an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Australia. Hornsby is one of two post-1927 electorates to have never been held by the New South Wales Labor Party, Labor Party, and always by the Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division), Liberal Party, a predecessor party to the Liberals, or an independent politician, independent, the other being Electoral district of Vaucluse, Vaucluse. The seat is currently represented by James Wallace (Australian politician), James Wallace of the Liberal Party, following the 2024 Hornsby state by-election, by-election held on 19 October 2024, after Matt Kean's resignation. Geography On its current boundaries, Hornsby takes in the suburbs of Asquith, New South Wales, Asquith, Berrilee, New South Wales, Berrilee, Berowra, Berowra Heights, Berowra Waters, Brooklyn, New South Wales, Brooklyn, Canoelands, New South Wales, Canoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Australian Bushfire Season
The 201920 Australian bushfire season commenced with serious uncontrolled fires in June 2019. , fires this season have burned an estimated , destroyed over 5,900 buildings (including 2,779 homes) and killed at least 34 people. An estimated one billion animals were killed and some endangered species may be driven to extinction. Air quality has dropped to hazardous levels. The cost of dealing with the bushfires is expected to exceed the $4.4 billion of the 2009 Black Saturday fires, and tourism sector revenues have fallen more than $1 billion. By 7 January 2020, the smoke had moved approximately across the South Pacific Ocean to Chile and Argentina. As of 2 January 2020, NASA estimated that of CO had been emitted. From September 2019 fires heavily impacted various regions of the state of New South Wales. In eastern and north-eastern Victoria large areas of forest burnt out of control for four weeks before the fires emerged from the forests in late December. Multiple s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket Club
Club cricket is a mainly amateur, but still formal form of the sport of cricket, usually involving teams playing in competitions at weekends or in the evening. There is a great deal of variation in game format although the Laws of Cricket are observed. The main nations that club cricket is played in include Pakistan, England, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Nepal, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Netherlands, Hong Kong and in some of the major cities in India. Club cricket is also now played in the United States and Canada, as both countries have large communities of immigrants from mainstream cricket-playing regions such as the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia. Format Club cricket is usually played in league or cup format. Games are limited by either time or overs. A less common, but more traditional, format is limiting the game by time only. Games can range from a few hours in the evening to three days long. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Highway, Australia
Pacific Highway is a Highways in Australia, national highway and major transport route of along the east coast of Australia from Sydney to Brisbane. It is an integral part of Highway 1 (Australia), Highway 1 which circumnavigates the Australian continent. At its inception, the highway was a single carriageway between Sydney and Brisbane. In Australian culture and as a tourist drive, it remains so. Over time, segments of the highway have been relegated from the route and, or, renamed and between 1996 and 2020, the highway was upgraded to the standards of a controlled-access highway (motorway). Location Pacific Highway can be broken into the following sections: * Brisbane to New South Wales / Queensland border: completely replaced by Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads), Pacific Motorway * New South Wales / Queensland border to Brunswick Heads, New South Wales, Brunswick Heads: upgraded to motorway standard as part of the 1996 Upgrade Masterplan and renamed Pacif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport For NSW
Transport for NSW (TfNSW) is a Government of New South Wales, New South Wales Government transport services and roads List of New South Wales government agencies, agency established on 1 November 2011. The agency is a different entity to the NSW Department of Transport, which is a List of New South Wales government agencies, department of the state government of New South Wales, and the ultimate parent entity of Transport for NSW. The agency's function is to build transport infrastructure and manage transport services in New South Wales. Since absorbing Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) in December 2019, the agency is also responsible for building and maintaining road infrastructure, managing the day-to-day compliance and safety for roads and waterways and vehicle and driving license registrations. The agency reports to the New South Wales Minister for Transport (New South Wales), Minister for Transport, Minister for Roads (New South Wales), Minister for Roads and the Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornsby Railway Station
Hornsby railway station is a commuter rail, suburban train station, railway station located at the junction of the Main North railway line, Main Northern and North Shore railway line, North Shore lines, serving the Hornsby Shire suburb of Hornsby, New South Wales, Hornsby. It is served by Sydney Trains North Shore & Western Line, T1 North Shore Line and Northern Line (Sydney), T9 Northern Line services and regional rail, intercity Central Coast & Newcastle Line services, as well as NSW TrainLink regional services. History The station opened on 17 September 1886 as Hornsby, but was renamed Hornsby Junction on 1 November 1894. This was due to the construction of Normanhurst railway station, Normanhurst station to the south, which was initially named Hornsby as it was located in what was the more densely populated area of Hornsby at the time. Naming the station Hornsby Junction was an attempt to avoid confusion, but it was realised that having two Hornsby stations was still very co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CDC NSW
CDC NSW is a bus operator in New South Wales, Australia. It is an umbrella brand of ComfortDelGro Australia established in 2017 to cover the latter's New South Wales operations, some of which had been owned by ComfortDelGro since 2005. It was subsequently established as a legal entity (company) in 2019. Beginning from 2023, its Hillsbus, Forest Coach Lines (Sydney only) and Blanch's Bus Company brands were phased out in favour of the CDC NSW brand. The CDC NSW operations do not include CDC Broken Hill, even though the operation is located in New South Wales. The operation, together with CDC Mildura, is managed by CDC Victoria. However, CDC NSW includes CDC Canberra, which is actually based in the neighbouring New South Wales city of Queanbeyan despite its name. History In 2016, Singaporean company ComfortDelGro bought out ComfortDelGro Cabcharge from its joint venture partner Cabcharge Australia, Cabcharge and renamed the company to ComfortDelGro Australia. The CDC NSW brand bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornsby Maintenance Depot
Hornsby Maintenance Depot is a train depot in the northern Sydney suburb of Asquith, New South Wales, Australia, that primarily services the Sydney Trains Sydney Trains is the brand name and operator of Railways in Sydney, suburban and intercity train services in and around Greater Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The metropolitan part of the network is a hybrid urban rail, urban-suburban r ... fleet. It is located to the north of Hornsby station, a major interchange on the Sydney Trains network, and alongside the Main North line. The depot opened in 1928 and was one of four electric train depots built under the Bradfield electrification plan, the other depots being at Mortdale, Flemington and Punchbowl (later closed)."First Stop Central" Keenan, David R. & Clark, Howard R. ''Australian Electric Traction Association'' 1963 The depot features nine roads under the main shed (numbered 1–9), five outdoor roads (numbered 11–15), two of which (11 and 12) are el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Coast & Newcastle Line
The Central Coast & Newcastle Line (CCN) is an regional rail, intercity rail service that services the Upper North Shore, Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast and Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle regions. It connects the two largest cities in New South Wales, running from in Sydney along the Main North railway line, New South Wales, Main North railway line to , and to Newcastle Interchange in Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle on the Newcastle railway line. Description of route The route traverses the Main Western railway line, New South Wales, Main West route until Strathfield railway station, Strathfield, where it diverts north and follows the route of the Main North railway line, New South Wales, Main North line until Broadmeadow railway station, Broadmeadow, before diverting east along the route of the Newcastle railway line, Newcastle branch line. The line is electrified at 1500 V DC throughout, and is primarily double track, although there are refuge lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Shore & Western Line
The North Shore & Western Line (numbered T1, coloured orange) is a commuter rail service operated by Sydney Trains, serving the North Shore, parts of the Inner West and Western Suburbs of Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd .... History Following victory in the 2011 New South Wales election, the O'Farrell Government embarked on reform of transport in New South Wales. In November 2011, Transport for NSW was created to improve planning and coordination of transport projects and services. The organisation developed a new rail timetable and branding, which was put into effect on 20 October 2013. This saw the merger of the North Shore Line and Western Line () with the Northern Line () to form the North Shore, Northern & Western Line. A new numbering system was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Line (Sydney)
The Northern Line (numbered T9, coloured red) is a commuter rail service operated by Sydney Trains, serving the Northern and parts of the Inner West suburbs of Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd .... History Original incarnation (until 2013) The traditional Northern Line was the suburban portion of the Main North railway line (Strathfield - Hornsby) which opened in 1886 and was electrified in 1926. When the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened, it connected railway services from the Main North line and the City underground onto the North Shore line. Passenger services used to operate as the Main North Line (same name as the physical railway line) and was colour coded red on railway maps. It operated all the way to Cowan, until the service was truncated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asquith Railway Station
Asquith railway station is a suburban railway station located on the Main Northern line, serving the Hornsby Shire suburb of Asquith. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore Line and some early morning and late night NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services. History Asquith station opened on 1 November 1915. South of the station lies Hornsby Maintenance Depot. Services Platforms Transport links CDC NSW operates three bus routes via Asquith station, under contract to Transport for NSW: Pacific Hwy: *592: Hornsby station to Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ... and Mooney Mooney *595: Hornsby station to Arthurs Circle *597: Hornsby station to Berowra station Trackplan References External links *Asquith station detailsTransport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
