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North Sydney railway station is located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of North Sydney. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line services. From September 2005 to May 2006 it was the major terminus of the Hornsby via Strathfield line. From 2013 it is the major terminus for Emu Plains services. ==History== North Sydney station opened on 20 March 1932 at the same time as the North Shore line over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.〔(North Sydney Station ) NSWrail.net〕 Prior to the bridge's opening, North Shore line trains had diverged from the current line at Waverton to the original Milsons Point station at Lavender Bay. The station was built in a rock cutting with a street level overhead concourse above the platforms. The station has four platforms which correspond with the four railway tracks that were designed to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge. At the Waverton end of the station there are four tunnels which have been cut into the rock. Unused tunnel stubs of 260 metres for proposed lines to Newport and Northbridge were cut at the same time with Chief Design Engineer John Bradfield calculating that without these, later construction of these lines would interfere with the North Shore line.〔"Peninsula Railway Dead-End" ''Railway Digest'' January 1986 page 15〕 From 1932 until 1958, two of the rail tracks designed for the bridge were used by trams, the latter being diverted onto Blue Street just before they would have entered North Sydney Station. After 1958 the tram tracks were removed from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and replaced by the Cahill Expressway. Beginning in the 1968 when the North Sydney Travelodge was built, the air rights over the station have progressively been redeveloped.〔"20 Years Ago" ''Railway Digest'' April 1988 page 150〕 In December 1972, the awning over platforms 3 and 4 was demolished.〔"20 Years Ago" ''Railway Digest'' December 1992 page 282〕 The station became totally enclosed with the opening of Zurich Insurance House in 1984.〔"North Sydney Underground" ''Railway Digest'' February 1985 page 43〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Sydney railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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