Turrella railway station, Sydney

Turrella railway station, Sydney

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Turrella is a railway station on Sydney's CityRail East Hills Line. It is the first stationIt serves the Sydney suburb of Turrella. The station has a single island platform serving the local tracks, which retains its 1930s original brick station building. As is the convention in Sydney, platform 1 is for Sydney bound trains, and platform 2 is for outbound trains towards East Hills. Immediately east of the station, points allow crossing over of trains between the Main (express) and Local (all stations) tracks, allowing either express or local services to access the underground Airport Line. Points also allow down trains (travelling away from Sydney) to terminate at Turrella, although this manoeuvre is not currently scheduled in the timetable

History

Turrella railway station opened on 21 September, 1931 as part of the East Hills railway line line between Tempe and East Hillscite web|work=Nswrail.net| title=East Hills Line|url=http://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.php?name=NSW:east_hills| accessdate=3 January| accessyear=2007] . Turrella station was double track and electrified from its opening until 2000 when the Wolli Creek to Kingsgrove quadruplication was completed. The station now has an island platform serving the 'Up and Down East Hills Local' tracks, and an express track on either side, the 'Up and Down East Hills Main' lines.

Platforms/Services

Turrella is generally served by local all-stations services between the City Circle and East Hills, the frequency of which is every 15 minutes during weekday daytimes, and half-hourly at nights and weekends/public holidays.

Platform 1:
*East Hills line colour>Airport & East Hills Line - all stations services around the City Circle (anticlockwise: first stop Museum).

Platform 2:
*East Hills line colour>Airport & East Hills Line - all stations and limited stops services to Kingsgrove, East Hills, Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur.

Transport Links

Sydney Buses runs one route via Turrella station:
*Route 471 - North to Five Dock via Bardwell Park, Earlwood, Canterbury, Ashbury, Ashfield, Haberfield, Rodd Point, South to Rockdale station via Arncliffe.

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