Chatswood railway station

Chatswood
Northbound view from Platform 2 in October 2011
Location	Railway Street, Chatswood
Coordinates	33°47′50″S 151°10′51″E / 33.797324°S 151.180887°E / -33.797324; 151.180887Coordinates: 33°47′50″S 151°10′51″E / 33.797324°S 151.180887°E / -33.797324; 151.180887
Owned by	RailCorp
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	North Shore Chatswood to Epping
Distance	11.65 kilometres from Central
Platforms	4 (2 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	CWD
Website	Sydney Trains
History
Opened	1 January 1890
Rebuilt	2006-08
Electrified	Yes
Services Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station Roseville towards Berowra T1 North Shore and Northern Line via Gordon Artarmon towards Central North Ryde towards Hornsby T1 North Shore and Northern Line via Macquarie University Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Lindfield towards Wyong Central Coast services via North Shore (peak hours only) Artarmon towards Central Preceding station   Sydney Metro   Following station North Ryde towards Cudgegong Road Sydney Metro Northwest Terminus Terminus Sydney Metro City and Southwest Crows Nest towards Bankstown

Chatswood railway station is located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of Chatswood. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore & Northern line services.

Chatswood station opened on 1 January 1890 when the North Shore line opened from Hornsby to St Leonards. An island platform was built on 23 May 1900 and a third dock platform brought into use on 12 July 1919. There was a small goods yard, similar to the one at St Leonards, on the western side of the station, beyond the northern end of the platforms. The dock platform on the eastern side of the station was used for electric parcel-van traffic and also for terminating some services from the city, until these were rescheduled to terminate further along the North Shore line from January 1992. It was removed in October 1994. Until 1958 there was a tram terminus in Victoria Avenue beside the station. The station entrance was later integrated with a shopping centre called The Interchange in the mid-1980s.

With the construction of the Chatswood to Epping line, it was decided to redevelop the station to accommodate Chatswood's new role as a junction station. The original station, as well as the attached bus interchange and shopping centre were demolished in 2005 and a temporary station was opened where the former platform 3 was located. A new western island platform opened in place of the original island platform on 16 October 2006. The eastern island platform opened in 2008.The signal cabin that was located at the northern end of the station building, was saved and has been preserved as part of the bus interchange.

The new station precinct is known as the Chatswood Transport Interchange (CTI) and consists of the railway station, a bus interchange and pedestrian pathways connecting the precinct to the surrounding streets. The CTI was constructed as a Public Private Partnership and was to include a new shopping plaza called Metro Chatswood and three towers. The private developers, CRI Chatswood, went into receivership whilst construction was underway. As a result, the shopping centre remained closed until 2014 and major construction of the towers was delayed for several years.