Epping to Chatswood rail link

Epping to Chatswood rail link
Sydney Metropolitan Rail Area with ECRL highlighted in orange
Overview
Status	Converted to Metro North West Line
Owner	RailCorp
Locale	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Termini	Chatswood Epping
Stations	5
Service
Operator(s)	Sydney Trains
Rolling stock	A sets, H sets
History
Opened	23 February 2009 (2009-02-23)
Closed	29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) (converted to Metro North West Line)
Technical
Line length	13 km (8.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead 1500 V DC
Route map (2009) Legend North Shore line towards Central Chatswood North Shore line towards Hornsby Lane Cove River North Ryde Macquarie Park Macquarie University Main North line towards Central Epping Main North line towards Cheltenham This diagram: view talk edit

The Epping to Chatswood rail link (ECRL) (originally a part of the Parramatta Rail Link (PRL) proposal) is a railway line in the northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, which connects Epping station on the Northern line with Chatswood on the North Shore line. It was formerly considered its own railway line, but is now considered part of the Metro North West Line.

The 13-kilometre (8 mi) line runs completely underground and includes three intermediate stations: Macquarie University, Macquarie Park and North Ryde. The junction stations at Epping and Chatswood both underwent major redevelopments to incorporate the new link.

As a suburban line, it was in service for less than a decade, opening in February 2009 and closing in September 2018 for conversion. The vast majority of the infrastructure was incorporated into the Metro North West Line of the Sydney Metro network. The conversion took place as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project.