North Sydney railway station, Sydney

North Sydney
Station front in October 2011
Location	Blue Street, North Sydney
Coordinates	33°30′10″S 151°07′21″E / 33.5028°S 151.1226°E / -33.5028; 151.1226Coordinates: 33°30′10″S 151°07′21″E / 33.5028°S 151.1226°E / -33.5028; 151.1226
Owned by	RailCorp
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	North Shore
Distance	4.8 kilometres from Central
Platforms	4 (2 island)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Built over
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	NSY
Website	Sydney Trains
History
Opened	20 March 1932
Electrified	Yes
Services Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station Milsons Point towards Epping or Emu Plains or Richmond T1 North Shore, Northern & Western Line Waverton towards Hornsby or Berowra Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Milsons Point towards Central Central Coast & Newcastle Line (peak hour services) St Leonards towards Newcastle Interchange

North Sydney railway station is located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of North Sydney. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services. From 4 September 2005 to 28 May 2006 it was the major terminus of the Hornsby via Strathfield line. From 2013 it is the major terminus for Emu Plains services.

North Sydney station opened on 20 March 1932 at the same time as the North Shore line over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Prior to the bridge's opening, North Shore line trains had diverged from the current line at Waverton to the original Milsons Point station at Lavender Bay.

The station was built in a rock cutting with a street level overhead concourse above the platforms. The station has four platforms which correspond with the four railway tracks that were designed to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge. At the Waverton end of the station there are four tunnels which have been cut into the rock. Unused tunnel stubs of 260 metres for proposed lines to Newport and Northbridge were cut at the same time with Chief Design Engineer John Bradfield calculating that without these, later construction of these lines would interfere with the North Shore line.

From 1932 until 1958, two of the rail tracks designed for the bridge were used by trams, the latter being diverted onto Blue Street just before they would have entered North Sydney Station. After 1958 the tram tracks were removed from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and replaced by the Cahill Expressway.

Beginning in the 1968 when the North Sydney Travelodge was built, the air rights over the station have progressively been redeveloped. In December 1972, the awning over platforms 3 and 4 was demolished. The station became totally enclosed with the opening of Zurich Insurance House in 1984.