Hornsby is a CityRail railway station at the junction between the North Shore and Main Northern railway lines of Sydney, Australia. It also serves the commercial and residential area of Hornsby. CityRail is the name of the extensive system of urban, suburban and interurban passenger railways based on metropolitan Sydney, the capital city of the State of New South Wales, Australia. ... The North Shore Line is a part of the metropolitan rail network in Sydney, Australia, operated by CityRail. ... The Northern Line is part of the metropolitan rail network in Sydney known as CityRail. ... Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... Hornsby is the seat of Hornsby Shire, in the North Shore region of Sydney, Australia. ...

Clearways Project

Under the Clearways Project, Hornsby is to get a new Platform 5 for use by through northbound trains. Existing Platform 4 then becomes a centre turnback platform for Northern line trains via Strathfield (later Epping Chatswood trains via Thornleigh). The additional platform is required in part for the extra trains that will operate when the Epping to Chatswood line opens. 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. ...

Accessibility

Hornsby has three lifts connecting the concourse with 1 island platform and 2 side platforms, and thus has Easy Access for wheelchairs. A modern elevator has buttons to allow passengers to select the desired floor. ... An island platform on a railway is one in which a single platform is provided for two tracks, usually on the same line but in opposite directions. ... Side platforms Railway stations on double lines can have side platforms or island platforms. ... Easy Access is a term that describes among other things, the design of buildings, or transport so that anybody regardless of whether they are elderly, pushing a pram, or are disabled can use them. ...