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Cheltenham
North-west bound view from Platform 1, showing directly at the station's pedestrian overpass and concourse, July 2016
General information
Location	Sutherland Road, Cheltenham Australia
Coordinates	33°45′21″S 151°04′43″E / 33.755839°S 151.078650°E / -33.755839; 151.078650
Elevation	114 metres (374 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Main Northern
Distance	25.38 kilometres (15.77 mi) from Central
Platforms	3 (1 side, 1 island)
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am-7pm Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed
Station code	CHA
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	10 October 1898
Rebuilt	14 June 2016
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023	410,950 (year) 1,126 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Beecrofttowards Hornsby Northern Line Eppingtowards Gordon via Central

Cheltenham railway station is located on the Main Northern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Cheltenham. It is served by Sydney Trains' T9 Northern Line services.

History

Cheltenham station opened on 10 October 1898. It was established mainly due to pressure from William Chorley, whose home was located near the station. Chorley prevented commercial development near the station by placing covenants on the surrounding land, which he owned, and so Cheltenham is one of the few stations in Sydney with no shops nearby.

As part of the original plans for the North West Rail Link it was proposed to upgrade Cheltenham station to four tracks as part of the quadruplication of the line between Epping and Beecroft. There were however no plans for North West Rail Line services to stop at Cheltenham station. Due to complaints by local residents about noise and increased train services, the proposal to route the line through Cheltenham was scrapped, in favour of a tunnel starting at Epping station from the Epping to Chatswood line.

However, a second northbound track was built through the station around a decade later as part of the North Sydney Freight Corridor project, with the western platform becoming an island. The works included the construction of a new concourse with lifts, which opened on 31 August 2015. The new platform opened on 14 June 2016.

Platforms and services

The station is served by four trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours. During off-peak hours two of these four train services towards Central terminate at Chatswood.

References

1. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
2. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
3. Cheltenham Station NSWrail.net
4. Home Archived 3 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Beecroft Cheltenham History Group
5. "Budget Has Cash to Finish Line" Northern District Times 31 May 2006 page 6
6. NWRL Environmental Assessment and Concept Plan – Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
7. TIDC North West Rail Link – Preferred Project Report Volume 1 May 2007
8. "Northern Sydney Freight Corridor Update" Railway Digest December 2014 pages 28-29
9. Epping to Thornleigh Third Track Archived 15 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
10. Leighton Contractors & TfNSW in Alliance to deliver Epping to Thornleigh Third Track Project Leighton Contractors 8 March 2013
11. Leighton & Abigroup win Epping to Thornleigh Third Track contract Rail Express 20 March 2013
12. "1 Northern Sydney Freight Corridor Program Epping to Thornleigh Third Track October 2015 Construction Update" (PDF). Transport for NSW & ETTT Alliance. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
13. "Weekly Notice 21" Sydney Trains May 2016 page 5
14. "T1: North Shore line timetable". Transport for NSW.
15. "T9: Northern line timetable". Transport for NSW.

External links

• Media related to Cheltenham railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Cheltenham station details Transport for New South Wales

• Easy Access railway stations in Sydney
• Railway stations in Australia opened in 1898
• Main North railway line, New South Wales