Kellyville railway station
{{Short description|Sydney Metro railway station}}
{{for|the station in Pennsylvania formerly known as Kellyville|Gladstone station (SEPTA)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Kellyville
| style = Sydney Metro
| image = Kellyville railway station (cropped).jpg
| alt = Kellyville railway station.jpg
| caption = Guragura Street entrance, June 2019
| type =
| address = Samantha Riley Drive, Kellyville
| borough = New South Wales
| country = Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|-33.713711|150.935446|region:AU-NSW_type:railwaystation|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{Convert|13|m|abbr=on}} above ground level {{cite web |last1=Sydney Metro |title=Interactive Map |url=https://www.sydneymetro.info/map/sydney-metro-interactive-train-map |website=Sydney Metro |accessdate=27 July 2019}}
| owned = Transport Asset Holding Entity
| operator = Metro Trains Sydney
| distance = 30km from Chatswood
| platforms = 2
| train_operators =
| connections = {{TFNSW|B}} Bus
| structure = Elevated
| parking = 1,200 spaces
| bicycle = 45 spaces
| accessible = Yes
| opened = 26 May 2019
| passengers = * 1,789,100 (year)
| pass_rank =
| pass_system = Sydney Metro
| mpassengers =
| services = {{Adjacent stations
|system4=Sydney Metro
|line7=M1|left7=Rouse Hill|right7=Bella Vista
|header8=Future services
|line9=M1|left9=Rouse Hill|note-mid9=(From 2025)|right9=Bella Vista|to-right9=Bankstown
}}
}}
Kellyville railway station is an elevated station on the Metro North West & Bankstown Line, as part of the Sydney Metro network. The station was built by Impregilo-Salini and Metro Trains Sydney for Transport for NSW, and is situated along Samantha Riley Drive, Kellyville, in Sydney, Australia. Train services from the station run to Tallawong and {{rwsa|Sydenham|Sydney}}, with a journey time to Chatswood of around 33 minutes and to Sydenham in around 56 minutes. As the New South Wales Government's Sydney's Rail Future strategy is delivered over the next 20 years, services have been extended to the Sydney central business district (CBD) and towards {{rwsa|Bankstown}} in late 2025. Kellyville Station opened on 26 May 2019 as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest line from Chatswood to Tallawong, which has since been extended down towards Sydenham via the City.{{cite book|title=Sydney's rail future: modernising Sydney's trains|date=June 2012|author=Transport for New South Wales|author-link=Transport for New South Wales|url=http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/sydneys-rail-future.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626104616/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/publications/sydneys-rail-future.pdf|archive-date=26 June 2014}}[http://sydneymetro.info/project-overview1/documents/23035/download Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917165629/http://sydneymetro.info/project-overview1/documents/23035/download |date=17 September 2015 }} Sydney Metro June 2015
History
File:Kellyville railway station ticket machines.jpg and concourse]]
Kellyville, on Sydney's rural fringes, was not considered suitable for new suburban development until 1988, when then Planning Minister Bob Carr abandoned the state's long-standing policy of concentrating new development along existing rail corridors. Instead, the government green-lit development in the area on the proviso that a corridor be preserved for mass transit to be built in future.{{cite book|title=Sydney Into Its Third Century: Metropolitan Strategy for the Sydney Region |year=1988|publisher=Department of Environment, Planning |location=Sydney}} This corridor, which runs beside Old Windsor Road, was announced as the alignment for the North West T-way, a new bus rapid transit line 10 years later{{cite book|title=Action for transport 2010: an integrated transport strategy for Sydney|author=New South Wales Department of Transport|year=1998}} and construction began in 2004. Kellyville's three T-way stations – known as Riley, Burns and Balmoral – opened in March 2007, providing commuters with fast bus access from Kellyville to the Parramatta CBD.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/priority-bus-green-lights-scrapped/2007/04/11/1175971183194.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|title=Priority bus green lights scrapped|first=Linton|last=Besser|date=12 April 2007}} Commuters travelling to the Sydney CBD, however, needed to catch buses along the M2 Hills Motorway and congested Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The Government's 1998 plan also envisaged a future rail line to the Hills District, but only as far as {{rwsa|Castle Hill}}. Following dire warnings from the state's most senior rail bureaucrat about a looming capacity crunch on the rail system, a new "North West Rail Link" (NWRL) was proposed in 2005, featuring a station for Kellyville at the corner of Old Windsor and Burns roads – the site of the Burns T-way station, then under construction. A Burns Road Station remained government policy even when the NWRL was dumped in favour of the North West Metro proposal in 2008. The 2009 version of plan featured two stations, one at Burns Road, called Kellyville, and a second at Samantha Riley Drive.{{cite book|title=Sydney's metro network: priorities for shaping Sydney's growth|author=Sydney Metro Authority|date=December 2009}}
Design and construction
File:Kellyville railway station platform.jpg
The Australian Labor Party was heavily defeated at the 2011 state election in part because of its tendency to announce, cancel and re-announce transport projects.{{Cite book | last = Clune | first = David | editor = David Clune and Rodney Smith | title = From Carr to Keneally: Labor in office in NSW 1995-2011 | year = 2012 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = Sydney | chapter = Why Labor lost}} The incoming Liberal/Nationals government, led by Barry O'Farrell, had put a promise to build the NWRL at the centre of their election platform. During consultation and detailed design, it was decided that Burns Road would be replaced with two stations: {{rwsa|Bella Vista}}, on the edge of the giant Norwest Business Park, and Kellyville. Kellyville Station would be built on a new railway viaduct (dubbed the "skytrain") above the existing Riley T-way station.
As part of the project's public–private partnership delivery model, a consortium was chosen to operate the stations and trains. To ensure that the stations were designed to be maintainable and with customer service in mind, the operator would also be responsible for designing and building the station buildings. (An Italian joint venture, Impregilo-Salini, was chosen to build the viaduct as part of a separate $340 million contract.) The Metro Trains Sydney consortium, includes MTR Corporation, which designed, built and operates the stations on the Mass Transit Railway in Hong Kong.[http://nwrail.transport.nsw.gov.au/The-Project/Stations/Kellyville Kellyville Station] Transport for NSW[http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/north-west-rail-link-340-million-skytrain-contract-awarded North West Rail Link $340 million skytrain contract awarded] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192215/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/north-west-rail-link-340-million-skytrain-contract-awarded |date=2 January 2014 }} Transport for NSW 18 December 2013[http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/83-billion-north-west-rail-link-open-late-2019 $8.3 billion North West Rail Link to open in late 2019] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426214748/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/83-billion-north-west-rail-link-open-late-2019 |date=26 April 2014 }} Transport for NSW 16 June 2013
Work on the new station began in June 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/skytrain-construction-begins-north-west-rail-link-investment-hits-5-billion-over-4|title=Media release: skytrain construction begins as North West Rail Link investment hits $5 billion over four years|first=Rachael|last=Storey|date=18 June 2014}} The NWRL was rebranded Sydney Metro Northwest the following year.
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Services
File:Kellyville Station, Sydney, Australia 08.jpg
Kellyville has two side platforms. It is served by Metro North West & Bankstown Line services.{{Cite New South Wales transport timetables|Metro}} Kellyville station is served by a number of bus routes operated by Busways and CDC NSW.[https://transportnsw.info/stop-details?q=10104006#/ Kellyville Station] Transport for NSW
{{Sydney Trains platform box
|p1linename = M1
|p1stop = Services to Sydenham
|p1notes =
|p2linename = M1
|p2stop = Services to Tallawong
|p2notes = }}
{{External media|float=left|image1=[https://transportnsw.info/document/4155/kellyville-bus-guide.pdf Kellyville Bus Guide] by Transport for NSW}}
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References
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External links
- [http://nwrail.transport.nsw.gov.au/The-Project/Stations/Kellyville Kellyville Station description] at Sydney Metro Northwest project website
- [http://www.nrt.com.au Northwest Rapid Transit] corporate website
- [https://transportnsw.info/stop-details?q=10104006#/ Kellyville Station details] Transport for New South Wales ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190614060151/https://transportnsw.info/stop-details?q=10104006#/ Archived] 14 June 2019)
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Category:Easy Access railway stations in Sydney
Category:Railway stations in Australia opened in 2019