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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Rooty Hill Railway Station
Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pmStation codeRYHWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened23 December 1861Rebuilt1940sElectrifiedYesPassengers2023
  • 1,716,700 (year)
  • 4,703 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Mount Druitt
towards Emu Plains
 North Shore & Western Line Doonside
towards Berowra

Rooty Hill railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line, serving the Sydney suburb of Rooty Hill. It is served by Sydney Trains' T1 Western line services.

History

Rooty Hill station opened on 23 December 1861 as the terminus of the Main Western line when it was extended from Blacktown. On 1 May 1862, the line was extended to St Marys. The station was rebuilt in the 1940s.

The original Rooty Hill station

The station was upgraded in January 2020 and received a new footbridge and lifts.

Platforms and services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to North Sydney, Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra via Central & Chatswood
2 services to Gordon, Hornsby & Berowra via Central & Chatswood Mainly used during peak hours
3 services to Penrith & Emu Plains Mainly used during peak hours
4 services to Penrith & Emu Plains

Busways operates three bus routes via Rooty Hill station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

  • 728: Mount Druitt station to Blacktown
  • 738: to Eastern Creek
  • 756: Mount Druitt station to Blacktown station via Plumpton & Woodcroft

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Rooty Hill Station NSWrail.net
  4. ^ Rooty Hill Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ^ "T1: Western line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  6. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  7. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  8. ^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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