Town Hall railway station

Town Hall
George Street entrance in February 2015
Location	George Street, Sydney
Coordinates	-33.8736819,151.2047579
Owned by	RailCorp
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	City Circle North Shore Eastern Suburbs
Distance	1.18 kilometres from Central
Platforms	6 (2 island, 2 side)
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground Major Interchange
Depth	6 metres (upper level) 12 metres (lower level)
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Sydney Trains
History
Opened	28 February 1932
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station Central towards Epping or Emu Plains or Richmond T1 North Shore, Northern & Western Line Wynyard towards Hornsby or Berowra Central towards Leppington or Campbelltown T2 Airport, Inner West & South Line Wynyard towards Macarthur Central Terminus T3 Bankstown Line Wynyard towards Lidcombe or Liverpool Central towards Waterfall or Cronulla T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line Martin Place towards Bondi Junction Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station Wynyard towards Wyong Central Coast services via North Shore (peak hours only) Central Terminus Central towards Bomaderry (Nowra) or Port Kembla South Coast Line (peak hours and weekends only) Martin Place towards Bondi Junction

Town Hall railway station serves the Sydney central business district. It opened on 28 February 1932.

The station is built on the site of Sydney's earliest colonial cemetery, the Old Sydney Burial Ground. In 2008, part of this cemetery was being excavated from under the Town Hall.

The station opened on 28 February 1932. It was built with six platforms, which were split over two levels with three platforms on each level. When the station opened, only four of the platforms were in use: platforms 1, 2 and 3 on the upper level and platform 6, served by escalators, on the lower level. The other two platforms were built in preparation for a proposed western suburbs line from the city to Gladesville, as envisaged under the Bradfield scheme. This line was never built, and the platforms (4 and 5) remained disused until incorporated into the Eastern Suburbs line when it opened in June 1979.

The station concourse had a major restructure in 2005 when the shops inside were closed to make way for the increasing crowds.

During a refurbishment of the station in 2014, a sign pointing to an air-raid shelter was uncovered on a staircase leading to Platforms 1 and 2. It has been encased in a persplex casing.

Town Hall has two levels, each with three platforms - physically two island platforms, but set up so that one faces two tracks and the other faces the other track. The station has lifts connecting the concourse with the platforms, providing Easy Access for wheelchairs. These facilities were constructed during 2003-2004.

The station is linked to nearby shopping centres including the Queen Victoria Building, The Galeries, Town Hall Square, Pavilion Plaza and, Woolworths Supermarket.

The new Sydney Metro line will include another station located at Pitt Street and is due to open in 2024.