T9 Northern Line

The T9 Northern Line is a future commuter rail line serving the northern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The line will form part of the Sydney Trains network and will be coloured red on maps and informational material. The line will enter service in April 2019.

Line description

The line begins at Hornsby - a junction station with the T1 North Shore & Western Line. The line heads south to Strathfield via Epping using the Main Northern railway line. Services then run along the Main Suburban railway line, usually using the middle 'Suburban' pair of the six tracks between Strathfield and Redfern. Services generally do not stop at intermediate stations between Burwood and Redfern. Continuing to Central, services then pass through the western limb of the City Circle before heading across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and continuing to Gordon via the North Shore railway line.

History

The traditional Northern Line was the suburban portion of the Main Northern railway line, which opened in as a single track line 1886. In 1892, the line was duplicated to Hornsby, and electrified in 1926 as part of the Bradfield electrification scheme. In 1932 the line was connected to the City underground.

In 2009 the line was substantially modified to run via the Epping to Chatswood railway line, which had opened earlier in the year. This saw the line run from Hornsby to Epping, then in a loop via Chatswood, the city and Strathfield. After returning to Epping, trains would terminate and return to Hornsby in the opposite direction.

Following victory in the 2011 New South Wales election, the new O'Farrell Government embarked on reform of transport in New South Wales. In November 2011, a new organisation, Transport for NSW, was created to improve planning and coordination of transport projects and services. The organisation developed a new rail timetable and branding, which was put into effect on 20 October 2013. This saw the merger of the North Shore Line and Western Line (Berowra - City via Gordon then to Emu Plains or Richmond via Strathfield) with the Northern Line Hornsby - City via Macquarie Park then to Epping via Strathfield). A new numbering system was also introduced and the line was given the number T1. The Northern Line's traditional red colour was discarded in favour of the North Shore and Western lines' yellow.

The Epping to Chatswood railway line closed in late 2018 for conversion to metro standards as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project. This saw the Northern Line return to its traditional route, although it is still being operated under the T1 North Shore, Northern & Western Line banner. In early 2019 Transport for NSW decided to reinstate separate branding for the Northern Line. The new line will operate from Hornsby to Gordon via Stratfield. It will return to using red as its line colour and will adopt the number T9.

Stations

T9 Northern Line stations

Name	Distance from Central	Opened	Railway line	Other lines
Gordon	17.1 km	1890	North Shore	Template:TFNSW lines
Killara	15.9 km	1899		Template:TFNSW lines
Lindfield	14.6 km	1890		Template:TFNSW lines
Roseville	13.3 km	1890		Template:TFNSW lines
Chatswood	11.7 km	1890		Template:TFNSW lines
Artarmon	10.3 km	1898		Template:TFNSW lines
St Leonards	8.4 km	1890		Template:TFNSW lines
Wollstonecraft	7.2 km	1893		Template:TFNSW lines
Waverton	6.1 km	1893		Template:TFNSW lines
North Sydney	5.1 km	1932		Template:TFNSW lines
Milsons Point	4.4 km	1932		Template:TFNSW lines
Wynyard	2.1 km	1932		Template:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW lines
Town Hall	1.2 km	1932		Template:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW lines
Central	0 km	1855		Template:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW lines
Redfern	1.3 km	1878	Main Suburban	Template:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW lines (T8 peak hours only)
Burwood	10.6 km	1855		Template:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW lines
Strathfield	11.8 km	1876		Template:TFNSW linesTemplate:TFNSW lines
North Strathfield	13.4 km	1918	Main Northern
Concord West	14.5 km	1887
Rhodes	16.6 km	1886
Meadowbank	18.2 km	1887
West Ryde	19.2 km	1886
Denistone	20.2 km	1937
Eastwood	21.4 km	1886
Epping	23.4 km	1886
Cheltenham	26.8 km	1898
Beecroft	28.3 km	1886
Pennant Hills	30 km	1886
Thornleigh	30.8 km	1886
Normanhurst	33.1 km	1895
Hornsby	35.3 km	1886		Template:TFNSW lines

References

Attribution

The first revision of this article was based on the following revision of the English Wikipedia article "Northern railway line, Sydney": https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_railway_line,_Sydney&oldid=575242776.

The first revision of this article was based on the following revision of the English Wikipedia article "North Shore, Northern & Western Line": https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Shore,_Northern_%26_Western_Line&oldid=884030283.