Circular Quay railway station

Circular Quay
Circular Quay railway station, looking south from Sydney Harbour, September 2023
General information
LocationAlfred Street, Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°51′41″S 151°12′40″E / 33.8614°S 151.211°E / -33.8614; 151.211
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)City Circle
Distance2.6 km (1.6 mi) from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
ArchitectJohn Bradfield (designer)
Architectural styleInter-War Functionalist[1]
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeCQY
History
Opened20 January 1956
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023[3]
  • 14,750,120 (year)
  • 40,411 (daily)[2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Wynyard Leppington & Inner West Line St James
towards Macarthur
Wynyard
towards Liverpool
Liverpool & Inner West Line
clockwise only
St James
towards City Circle
Wynyard Airport & South Line St James
towards Macarthur
Route map
City Circle route map

Circular Quay railway station is a heritage-listed[1] elevated railway station that is located on the City Circle line, serving the Circular Quay precinct of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. It is served by Sydney Trains' T2 Leppington & Inner West Line, T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line and T8 Airport & South Line services.

It is adjacent to the Circular Quay ferry wharf complex, which serves as an interchange to Sydney Ferries.

  1. ^ a b "Circular Quay Railway Station and Viaduct". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
  2. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  3. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.