NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Epping to Chatswood railway line, Sydney

The Epping to Chatswood line (originally to be the Parramatta Rail Link) is a railway line under construction in the Northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It was originally intended to run from Parramatta to Chatswood, via Epping. It is mostly underground, with new subway stations being constructed at: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ... Image File history File links Icon_train. ... Image File history File links Eclrailline. ... Image File history File links Eclrailline. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Parramatta is a city, suburb and Local Government Area in Sydney, Australia, 25 kilometres west of the central business district (CBD) in Western Sydney. ... Chatswood track layout including ECR Chatswood is a CityRail railway station on the North Shore railway line in Sydney, Australia, at the business centre of Chatswood. ... Epping railway station is a railway station on the Northern Line of the CityRail network in Sydney, Australia. ...

New subway platforms at Epping (in addition to the three existing above ground platforms) are being built as well as a complete redevelopment of Chatswood station. North Ryde railway station is located in the suburb of North Ryde, Sydney underneath Delhi Road. ... Macquarie Park railway station is located in the suburb of Macquarie Park (See also: North Ryde), Sydney at the intersection or Waterloo Road and Ryde Road. ... Macquarie University railway station is located in the suburb of Macquarie Park (See also: North Ryde), Sydney at the intersection or Waterloo Road and Herring Road. ... Epping railway station is a railway station on the Northern Line of the CityRail network in Sydney, Australia. ... Chatswood track layout including ECR Chatswood is a CityRail railway station on the North Shore railway line in Sydney, Australia, at the business centre of Chatswood. ...

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Construction of the 13 km Epping-to-Chatswood section commenced in November 2002, and is expected to be completed by mid 2008. Thiess is delivering this project in joint venture with Hochtief. It includes designing and constructing of driven railway and four fully mined stations. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1704x2272, 1575 KB) Summary Take by R.A.Rainton, 15 Feb 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1704x2272, 1575 KB) Summary Take by R.A.Rainton, 15 Feb 2005. ... Epping railway station is a railway station on the Northern Line of the CityRail network in Sydney, Australia. ... Chatswood track layout including ECR Chatswood is a CityRail railway station on the North Shore railway line in Sydney, Australia, at the business centre of Chatswood. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The tunnel is mainly being constructed using a tunnel boring machine, with a section underneath the Lane Cove River being constructed by the cut and cover method (next to where Delhi Road crosses the River). Originally, there was to be a bridge over the Lane Cove River, instead of a tunnel beneath it, but the government adopted the tunnel option due to community and environmentalist pressure. This required the elimination of the planned station at the University of Technology, Sydney, Kuring-gai Campus; the required increased depth of the tunnel to go under the river made a station at that point impractical, due to the required depth of the escalator shafts. A tunnel boring machine that was used at Yucca Mountain. ... The Lane Cove River is a tributary of the Parramatta River and its lower reaches form an arm of Sydney Harbour, Australia. ... An underground pedestrian tunnel between buildings at MIT. Note the utility pipes running along the ceiling. ... The UTS tower on Broadway The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

The railway line was originally intended to continue from Epping to Parramatta, partially travelling along the existing Carlingford surface line which would be widened from single-track to dual-track. However, in August 2003 the NSW Transport Minister, Michael Costa, announced that the Epping-Parramatta section would be postponed indefinitely. Epping railway station is a railway station on the Northern Line of the CityRail network in Sydney, Australia. ... Parramatta is a city, suburb and Local Government Area in Sydney, Australia, 25 kilometres west of the central business district (CBD) in Western Sydney. ... The Carlingford Line is a railway line on the metropolitan CityRail network located in western Sydney, Australia. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Costa (born 15 July 1956) is an Australian politician. ... Epping railway station is a railway station on the Northern Line of the CityRail network in Sydney, Australia. ... Parramatta is a major suburb in Sydney. ...

The delaying of the Parramatta-Epping section was justified on the grounds that the expected daily patronage of 15,000 passenger trips did not justify the project's $1.2 billion cost. The government feared that the line would be under-utilised, much as the Airport Link (a public-private project) has been. There also had been community protest against the routing of the line through Parramatta Park (one of three possible routes supplied by the government), and about the government not willing to upgrade the Carlingford Line. The Airport line is an underground CityRail railway line that opened in the year 2000, just in time for the 2000 Summer Olympics. ...

A major benefit of the Epping-Chatswood line is, by diverting four trains per hour from Hornsby or the Central Coast on the main Northern Line at Epping to the North Shore Line at Chatswood, the load on the Main Western Line between Strathfield and Central is lessened, and the North Shore Line is better utilised. Epping railway station is a railway station on the Northern Line of the CityRail network in Sydney, Australia. ... Hornsby is a CityRail railway station at the junction between the North Shore and Main Northern railway lines of Sydney, Australia. ... The Central Coast is a region in the Australian state of New South Wales, lying on the coastline north of Sydney and south of Newcastle. ... Epping railway station is a railway station on the Northern Line of the CityRail network in Sydney, Australia. ... Strathfield is a railway station located on the Northern Line and Inner West Lines in the Sydney suburb of Strathfield, New South Wales. ... Central (also known as Sydney Terminal) is the largest railway station in Sydney, Australia. ... The North Shore Line is a part of the metropolitan rail network in Sydney, Australia, operated by CityRail. ...

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