Mount Kuring-gai railway station

Mount Kuring-gai
Northbound view from Platform 2 looking at station building, November 2022
General information
LocationPacific Highway, Mount Kuring-gai
Coordinates33°39′11″S 151°08′13″E / 33.65303333°S 151.1368639°E / -33.65303333; 151.1368639
Elevation214 m (702 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)Main Northern
Distance40.67 km (25.27 mi) from Central
Platforms2 (1 island)
Tracks2
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleNo
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-2pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Unstaffed
Station codeMKI
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened1909; 115 years ago (1909)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesKuring-gai (1901-1904)
Passengers
2023[2]
  • 109,040 (year)
  • 299 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Berowra
Terminus
 North Shore & Western Line Mount Colah
via Gordon
towards City
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Berowra
towards Newcastle Interchange
 Central Coast & Newcastle Line
limited services
 Mount Colah
towards Central

Mount Kuring-gai railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern Line, serving the Sydney suburb of Mount Kuring-gai. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore Line services and some early morning and late night NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services.

History

Mount Kuring-gai station opened on 5 October 1901 as a passing loop named Kuring-gai. It was renamed Mount Kuring-gai on 1 August 1904, and in 1909 the present station was built when the Main Northern line was duplicated.[3][4]

The station was the terminating point for some services and had a signal box to facilitate these workings. It was removed in April 1988.[5]

Services

Platforms

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 Services to Epping & Hornsby via Strathfield, Penrith & Emu Plains via Gordon [6]
2 weekend late night services to Central via Strathfield[7]
2 Services to Berowra [6]
1 weekend early morning and weekend late night services to Wyong & Newcastle[7]

CDC NSW operates two bus routes via Mount Kuring-gai station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Pacific Hwy:

Trackplan

Mount Kuring-gai
Legend
↑N to Berowra
↑to buses
Platform
2↑
Platform
1↓
Station
Underpass
plt
2 1
2 1
↓S to Mount Colah
  • Southbound view from Platform 1 in November 2022
    Southbound view from Platform 1 in November 2022
  • Bus stop and Entrance on Pacific Highway in November 2022
    Bus stop and Entrance on Pacific Highway in November 2022
  • Stairs leading down to exit in November 2022
    Stairs leading down to exit in November 2022

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Mount Kuring-gai Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Mount Kuring-gai Railway Station Group NSW Environment
  5. ^ "Metropolitan Closures" Railway Digest June 1988 page 228
  6. ^ a b "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  7. ^ a b "Central Coast & Newcastle line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  8. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  9. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 9 April 2024.