Heritage-listed railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Town Hall railway station
is a
heritage-listed
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underground
commuter rail
station
located in the centre of the
Sydney central business district
in
New South Wales
, Australia. The station opened on 28 February 1932.
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It is named after the
Sydney Town Hall
, located directly above the station.
History
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Platform 2 in 1932
Concourse during renovation in 2017
The station is built on the site of
Sydney
's earliest colonial cemetery, the
Old Sydney Burial Ground
.
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In 2008, part of this cemetery was being excavated from under the Town Hall.
The station opened on 28 February 1932
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and 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.
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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.
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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
Perspex
casing.
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Station configuration
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Town Hall has two platform 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. Each platform has one
lift
in the centre connecting the concourse with the platforms, providing
Easy Access
for
wheelchairs
. These facilities were constructed in 1999. The lower-level platforms (4 to 6) have 4
escalators
to the concourse. As the platform is not wide enough, the escalators are in a cross configuration, with two at either end of the platform and another two at the centre. The escalator directions can be changed by staff throughout the day as the passenger flow dictates. The upper-level platforms have stairs up to the concourse. There are also small staircases linking the two platform levels.
The concourse is above the two platform levels and immediately below street level. The station is linked to nearby shopping centres including the
Queen Victoria Building
,
The Galeries
, Town Hall Square, Pavilion Plaza and,
Woolworths Supermarket
. There are also several exits up to each side of
George Street
.
When opened in 2024, the
Sydney Metro
line will include another station located at
Gadigal
.
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Platforms and services
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Platforms 5 and 6
Transport links
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Town Hall station is served by bus routes operated by
Busways
,
CDC NSW
,
Transdev John Holland
and
Transit Systems
, under
contract
to
Transport for NSW
.
Stand A, QVB:
Stand B, QVB:
Stand C, QVB:
Stand D, QVB:
Stand F, Market Street
Stand G, Park Street
Stand H, Park Street
Stand J, Park Street
Stand K, Park Street
Stand L, Druitt Street
Trackplan
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Track layout
See also
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References
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External links
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Media related to
Town Hall railway station, Sydney
at Wikimedia Commons
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