Circular Quay railway station, Sydney

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Circular Quay
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Circular Quay is a CityRail station located in Sydney, Australia and is situated on the City Circle line. The station is elevated with the elevated Cahill Expressway roadway directly above it, and lies directly behind the Circular Quay ferry terminals from which services operate to a number of locations around Sydney Harbour. The area is also the terminus for a number of bus services. Circular Quay is the nearest railway station to the Sydney Opera House and The Rocks area of Sydney, and provides spectacular views of Sydney Harbour and the Sydney Opera House.

History

The station opened on 20 January 1956, and its construction completed the City Circle railway as originally envisaged by Bradfield making it the newest station on the line. There have been various proposals to relocate the station underground in conjunction with the demolition of the Cahill Expressway, however these have not come to fruition. In 2006 RailCorp performed maintenance and cleaning of the station's 50 year old facade. Tenders have been called for a major refurbishment in 2007, including new lighting, toilets and an upgrade of the ticket office and shopfront facades. ["News in Brief", Railway Digest, July 2007. ARHS NSW Division.]

Platforms/Services

Trains on the East Hills, South, Bankstown and Inner West lines pass through Circular Quay, and the station is considered the terminal point for these services (technically it is where the "run number" for the service changes). Services on the Illawarra line used the station until the 1979 completion of the Eastern Suburbs line. The station is manned from first to last train, and is fully accessible to wheelchairs.
Platform 1:
*Inner west line alt - all stations and limited stops services to Ashfield, Cabramatta and Liverpool via Regent's Park.
*South line alt - all stations and limited stops services to Glenfield and Campbelltown via Granville.
*East hills line alt - all stations services around the City Circle (anticlockwise: next stop Wynyard).
*Bankstown line alt - all stations services around the City Circle (anticlockwise: next stop Wynyard).

Platform 2:
*Inner west line alt - all stations services around the City Circle (clockwise: next stop St James).
*South line alt - all stations services around the City Circle (clockwise: next stop St James).
*Bankstown line alt - all stations services to Bankstown, Lidcombe and Liverpool via the City Circle (clockwise: next stop St James) and Sydenham.
*East hills line alt - all stations and limited stops services to Kingsgrove, Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur via the City Circle (clockwise: next stop St James) and the Airport; peak hour express services to Campbelltown and Macarthur via the City Circle (clockwise: next stop St James), Sydenham and East Hills.

Bus Services

Beyond the railway station is the Sydney Buses Alfred Street terminus. A large number of Sydney Buses services originate from this stop. They are:

Stand A:

*423 - to Kingsgrove Bus Depot (Richland St).
*428 - to Canterbury (Broughton St, near Canterbury Railway Station.
*422 - to Tempe Bus Depot; to Newtown, New South Wales Bridge (King St).
*426 - to Dulwich Hill (Marrickville Rd near New Canterbury Road).
*431 - to Glebe Point.

Stand B:

*111 - Sydney Explorer tourist bus (inbound).
*222 - Bondi Explorer tourist bus (outbound).

Stand C:

*438 - to Abbotsford - (Great North Road & The Terrace).
*501 - to West Ryde Railway Station Interchange.
*470 - to Lilyfield - (Lilyfield Rd & Trevor St).
*443 - to Pyrmont Bay - (Australian Maritime Museum).
*506 - to East Ryde - (Sager Pl & Elliott Ave).
*440 - to Rozelle - (Darling St & Waterloo St).
*437 - to Five Dock - (First Ave & Great North Road).
*504 - to Chiswick - (Blackwall Point Rd & Bortfield Dr).
*506 - to Macquarie University.
*436 - to Chiswick - (Blackwall Point Rd & Bortfield Dr).
*L20 - to Parramatta Railway Station Interchange, Stand B3.
*518 - to Macquarie University.
*507 - to Macquarie University.
*470 - to Leichhardt - (Lord St & Flood St).
*507 - to Top Ryde - (Blaxland Rd & Devlin St).
*L38 - to Abbotsford (Great North Road & The Terrace).
*515 - to Eastwood Railway Station.
*518 - to Eastwood - (North Rd & Watts Rd)
*500 - to Ryde - (Civic Centre).
*520 - to Parramatta Railway Station Interchange, Stand B3.
*500 - to Ryde - (Blaxland Rd & Church St).

Stand D:

*373 - to Coogee - (Arden & Dolphin Sts).
*309 - to Matraville - (Port Botany Terminus).
*324 - to Watsons Bay - (Military Rd Terminus).
*303 - to Sans Souci - (Botany Rd & Hollingshed St).
*303 - to Sans Souci - (Wellington St & Rocky Point Rd).
*377 - to Maroubra - (Maroubra Beach).
*301 - to Newtown - (King St & Botany Rd).
*310 - to Pagewood - (Eastgardens Shopping Centre - Bunnerong Rd & Wentworth Ave).
*374 - to Coogee - (Arden & Dolphin Sts).
*301 - to Pagewood - (Eastgardens Shopping Centre - Bunnerong Rd & Wentworth Ave).
*325 - to Watsons Bay - (Military Rd Terminus).
*326 - to Bondi Junction Railway Station Bus Interchange.
*376 - to Maroubra - (Maroubra Beach).
*302 - to Pagewood - (Eastgardens Shopping Centre lower level).
*309 - to Matraville - (Matraville Hotel - Bunnerong Rd & Franklin Rd).
*309 - to Chifley - (Bunnerong Rd & Moorina Rd).

Stand E:

*394 - to Little Bay - (Anzac Pde at Prince Henry Hospital).
*396 - to Maroubra - (Maroubra Beach).
*394 - to La Perouse - (Anzac Pde Terminus).
*380 - to North Bondi terminus.
*389 - to North Bondi terminus.
*380 - to Dover Heights - (Military Rd & Old South Head Rd).
*311 - to Railway Square (Central Railway Station).
*392 - to Little Bay - (Anzac Pde at Prince Henry Hospital).
*399 - to Little Bay - (Anzac Pde at Prince Henry Hospital).
*L94 - to La Perouse - (Anzac Pde Terminus).
*397 - to South Maroubra - (Minneapolis St & Midway St).
*380 - to Watsons Bay - (Military Rd Terminus).
*333 - to North Bondi - (Campbell Pde Terminus).
*394 - to Maroubra Junction - (Anzac Pde & Green St).

Gallery

Neighbouring stations

References

External links

* [http://www.cityrail.info/news/060118-circular_quay.jsp Celebrating Circular Quay's 50th birthday]