St Leonards railway station

This article is about the station in Sydney. For the closed station in Edinburgh, see St Leonards railway station (Scotland). For the current station in East Sussex, see St Leonards Warrior Square railway station.

St Leonards railway station is located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of St Leonards including the nearby Artarmon Industrial Area and Gore Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services.

St Leonards
View looking north from platform 3, June 2024
General information
Location	Pacific Highway, St Leonards Australia
Coordinates	33°49′20″S 151°11′39″E
Elevation	90 metres (300 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	North Shore
Distance	8.41 kilometres (5.23 mi) from Central
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am–10pm Weekends and public holidays: Staffed: 6am–10pm
Station code	SNL
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	1 January 1890
Rebuilt	February 2000
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023	7,606,440 (year) 20,840 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Wollstonecraft towards Emu Plains or Richmond North Shore & Western Line Artarmon towards Berowra Wollstonecraft via Strathfield towards Hornsby Northern Line Artarmon towards Gordon Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station Wollstonecraft towards Central Central Coast & Newcastle Line (peak hour services) Artarmon towards Wyong

History

St Leonards station opened on 1 January 1890 as the terminus station of the North Shore line from Hornsby. On 1 May 1893, the line was extended south to Milsons Point.

In August 1989, the station was relocated to a temporary station south of the Pacific Highway to allow the site to be redeveloped. After the redevelopment encountered financial problems and remained dormant for a number of years, the new station was not completed until February 2000 as part of The Forum shopping plaza development.

The new station was built with two island platforms to allow extra lines to be laid as part of a plan to quadruple the line, which was never completed.

Southbound view of the station with the unused platform 1 closest to the left, September 2006

There is an unwired siding linked to the up track. It is equipped with catch points, and is 205m long (of which 168m is usable, enough to stable an 8-car suburban train). The points are manually operated by a lever next to the track. This also means the signals, which are controlled from Homebush Control Centre, cannot permit a movement to or from the siding. Additionally, as the points cannot be controlled by the signaller, any driver on the up track passing a signal at stop must proceed with caution, making sure there are no trains moving in or out of the siding. Although long enough for an 8 car suburban train, it is not electrified and generally used for track work vehicles on occasions.

Services

Platforms

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
2	T1	Services to Penrith, Emu Plains & Richmond via Central & Strathfield
	T9	Services to Epping & Hornsby via Central & Strathfield
	CCN	6 Morning peak services to Blacktown via Central
3	T1	Services to Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra
	T9	Services to Gordon
	CCN	6 Evening peak services to Gosford & Wyong via Gordon & Hornsby

Transport links

Busways operates seven bus routes via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 252: King Street Wharf to Gladesville
• 254: McMahons Point wharf to Riverview
• 265: North Sydney to Lane Cove
• 286: Milsons Point to Denistone East (peak hours only)
• 287: Milsons Point to Ryde (peak hours only)
• 290: King Street Wharf to Epping
• 291: McMahons Point wharf to Epping

CDC NSW operates three bus routes via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW (all peak hours only):

• 602X: North Sydney to Rouse Hill
• 612X: Milsons Point to Riley T-way
• 622: Milsons Point to Dural

Keolis Downer Northern Beaches operates two bus routes via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 114: Balmoral to Royal North Shore Hospital
• 144: Manly to Chatswood station

Transdev John Holland operates one bus route via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 200: Bondi Junction station to Gore Hill (peak hours only)

Transit Systems operates one bus route via St Leonards station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 320: Green Square to Gore Hill

St Leonards station is served by two NightRide routes:

• N90: Hornsby station to Town Hall station
• N91: Bondi Junction station to Macquarie Park station

Trackplan

St Leonards
↑N to Artarmon Pacific Highway Station Concourse CCN ←to buses Platform 3↓ Platform 2↑ plt 3 2 3 2 3 2 ↓S to Wollstonecraft

St Leonards Station & Siding
S↑ To Wollstonecraft Pacific Hwy Up Siding N↓ To Artamon

External links

• Media related to St Leonards railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• St Leonards station details Transport for New South Wales
• St Leonards station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW