Turramurra railway station

Turramurra
Turramurra
	Northbound view of building, entrance and platform, November 2022
General information
Location	Rohini Street, Turramurra
Coordinates	33°43′57″S 151°07′42″E / 33.73242°S 151.12846°E
Elevation	177 metres (581 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	North Shore
Distance	20.82 kilometres from Central
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	In Operation
Station code	TMU
History
Opened	1 January 1890
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Eastern Road (1890)
Passengers
2023	1,774,800 (year); 4,862 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink);
Services

Turramurra railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of Turramurra. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services.

History

Turramurra station opened on 1 January 1890 as Eastern Road when the North Shore line opened from Hornsby to St Leonards. It was renamed Turramurra on 30 August 1890.^[3] The present island platform and station building were completed in 1900.^[4]

The district was originally known as Big Island, Vanceville and Claraville (after names of estates or grants), and further north as Tulip Scrub from the large number of tulips or waratahs there. Turramurra means "high hill" or "big hill." More than 100 years ago remnants of a tribe of aboriginal people periodically travelled from the Lane Cove River to Cowan Creek and always broke their journey at what came to be called Wright's Hill, near Pymble Reservoir, or just north of it.

The traditional owners called this place Turramurra or Turraburra (not to be confused with Turramburra, the native name for the Lane Cove River). As no railway station was made there, it was applied to the station in the vicinity.

In 1977, a precast concrete footbridge was installed. This was replaced in 2008 by a new footbridge and lift.^[4]^[5]

Services

Platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T1	services to Epping & Hornsby via Strathfield, Richmond, Penrith & Emu Plains	^[6]
2	T1	services to Hornsby & Berowra	^[6]

Transport links

CDC NSW operates six bus routes via Turramurra station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Stand A:

573: to Fox Valley Loop via Warrawee Valley, Sydney Adventist Hospital, and then returns to Turramurra^[7]

Stand B:

575: Hornsby station via West Pymble, Pymble, Turramurra, North Wahroonga & Hornsby Hospital^[8]

Stand C:

571: to South Turramurra Loop^[9] B (peak hours only)
572: to Macquarie University via South Turramurra^[10]

Stand D:

576T: weekday off peak to North Wahroonga Loop^[11] (Weekday peak hours only)
577: to North Turramurra Loop^[12]
577P: East Turramurra Loop^[13] (Weekday peak hours only)

Turramurra station is served by one NightRide route:

N90: Hornsby station to Town Hall station^[14]

Trackplan

Turramurra

Legend

			↑N to Warrawee
			Pacific Highway
			Station Concourse

			Platform 2↑
			Platform 1↓
			↓to buses

			plt 2 1
			↓S to Pymble

Gallery

Entrance from William Street, November 2022

References

^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ Turramurra Station NSWrail.net
^ ^a ^b Turramurra Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
^ Turramurra Station Easy Access Upgrade CityRail 2 May 2008
^ ^a ^b "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
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