Kellyville
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Kellyville Station worksite, viewed from adjacent North West T-way
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Location | Samantha Riley Drive, Kellyville New South Wales Australia |
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Owned by | Transport for New South Wales | |
Operated by | Northwest Rapid Transit | |
Distance | 30km from Chatswood | |
Platforms | 2 | |
Train operators | Northwest Rapid Transit | |
Connections | Bus | |
Construction | ||
Structure type | Elevated | |
Parking | 1,200 spaces | |
Bicycle facilities | 45 spaces | |
Disabled access | Yes | |
History | ||
Opening | Early 2019 | |
Services | ||
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Kellyville is an elevated Sydney Metro Northwest station being built by Impregilo-Salini and Northwest Rapid Transit (NRT) for Transport for New South Wales at Samantha Riley Drive, Kellyville, in Sydney, Australia. Train services from the station will run initially to Rouse Hill and Chatswood, with an expected journey time to Chatswood of around 33 minutes. As the New South Wales Government's Sydney's Rail Future strategy is delivered over the next 20 years, services are expected to be extended to the Sydney central business district (CBD), Bankstown and Hurstville. Kellyville Station is planned to open in 2019.
Kellyville, on Sydney's rural fringes, was not considered suitable for new suburban development until 1988, when then Planning Minister Bob Carr abandoned the state's long-standing policy of concentrating new development along existing rail corridors. Instead, the government green-lit development in the area on the proviso that a corridor be preserved for mass transit to be built in future. This corridor, which runs beside Old Windsor Road, was announced as the alignment for the North West T-way, a new bus rapid transit line 10 years later and construction began in 2004. Kellyville's three T-way stations – known as Riley, Burns and Balmoral – opened in March 2007, providing commuters with fast bus access from Kellyville to the Parramatta CBD. Commuters travelling to the Sydney CBD, however, needed to catch buses along the M2 Hills Motorway and congested Sydney Harbour Bridge.