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Hills Showground
Doran Drive entrance, April 2020
General information
Location	Doran Drive, Castle Hill New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°43′41″S 150°59′12″E / 33.727995°S 150.986798°E / -33.727995; 150.986798
Elevation	25 m (82 ft) below ground level
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Metro Trains Sydney
Distance	23 km from Chatswood
Platforms	2
Train operators	Metro Trains Sydney
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	600 spaces
Bicycle facilities	40 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	26 May 2019
Previous names	Hills Centre Showground
Passengers
2023	774,500 (year) 2,122 (daily) (Sydney Metro)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Metro Following station Norwesttowards Tallawong Metro North West & Bankstown Line Castle Hilltowards Sydenham Future services Norwesttowards Tallawong Metro North West & Bankstown Line(From 2025) Castle Hilltowards Bankstown

Hills Showground railway station is an underground Sydney Metro station on Doran Drive, in the suburb of Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia. The station, located near the Castle Hill Showground, serves the Metro North West & Bankstown Line and was built as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project. The station is planned to eventually serve trains to the Sydney central business district and Bankstown as part of the government's 20-year Sydney's Rail Future strategy. The station opened 26 May 2019. It is currently the least used station on the Sydney Metro.

History

The original plans for the North West Rail Link showed a station called Hills Centre, after the complex of civic buildings of the same name. This was to have been constructed on the site of the Castle Hill Showground. Following community consultation, it was determined that the station would be moved to the Hills Centre site – requiring its demolition – in order to retain the Showground. The station was renamed as a result.

Services

Hills Showground has two platforms. It is served by Metro North West & Bankstown Line services. Hills Showground station is served by a number of bus routes operated by Busways and CDC NSW.

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Hills Showground Bus Guide by Transport for NSW

References

1. Sydney Metro. "Interactive Map". Sydney Metro. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
2. New Chief Executive appointed to Sydney Metro Transport for NSW 27 September 2018
3. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
4. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
5. Transport for New South Wales (June 2012). Sydney's rail future: modernising Sydney's trains (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2014.
6. Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project Overview Archived 17 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Sydney Metro June 2015
7. ^ Hills Showground Station Archived 24 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine Sydney Metro
8. "M1: Metro North West line timetable". Transport for NSW.
9. "Trip Planner".

External links

• Hills Showground Station description Archived 24 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine at Sydney Metro Northwest project website
• Northwest Rapid Transit corporate website
• Hills Showground Station details Transport for New South Wales (Archived 17 June 2019)

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