Actually, this station is actually a pretty major railway station in that it provides an interchange between two lines, and when they open up the North-East link this will also, for a time at least, be the terminus (though I believe they are going to send the trains straight through to Chatswood). The station is pretty cool though, and has quite a few facilities as well. However, it is the underground section that I particularly like. read more

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Space age! I love going down the stainless steel escalators. It reminds me of a James Bond movie and sliding down the metal part between the runs. The station is clean and efficient and very busy with people especially before and after work. The announcements are clear and there is a well sized lift....but please let the disabled people use it. read more

I would say one of the best stations I've been to in Sydney. Quite newly built I'd say? And regular maintenance is evident. Epping station is quite packed around 8am to 9am, and 3pm to 7pm. Epping station is a popular station due to its convenience after the direct link to Chatswood was constructed. It's geographical location increases it's popularity as many high schools are located nearby as well as Macquarie University and many newly developed apartment blocks. read more

Epping Station. E-Town. E-ping. What can I say? From humble beginnings you have grown to be a crucial exchange in the complex and ever expanding Sydney Public Transport Network. Originally an Art Deco little gem (before my time) you grew to include an overhead concourse, and nightmarishly high, un-enclosed pedestrian bridges (during my time) to the iteration we see today, a sleek, high ceilinged, marvel of modern train station architecture with escalators reaching down into cavernous tunnels carved out of the sandstone core of the upper, upper, upper North Shore...ok fine! Northern Suburbs. Epping Station connects lush, leafy Hornsby Shire Epping to modern, metropolitan Parramatta City Epping. From Epping Station you can head to Hornsby (the express train is faster than driving), Macquarie and North Ryde (bus OR train, take your pick), into "town" as the Epping oldies say (under OR above ground, North Shore if you're fancy and Inner West if you're old school), you can even get to Parramatta with a scenic bus ride through picturesque *cough cough* Dundas Valley. Epping is a surprisingly political station. Back in the days of the old silver fish trains you could tell who was in State Government by the quality of the trains that rolled through Epping. Liberals? Send those Tangaras out West to win some swinging hearts and minds. Epping can have the old trains. It's a safe seat. Labor? Hello air conditioning! Epping has been home to some characters. Those long term residents of Epping will tell you of their delight (or horror) in witnessing a certain heir to a certain coffee and tea fortune threatening to cover train staff with faeces because they wouldn't let him down to the platform to mess with other commuters before the train arrived. Life at Epping Station is about to get more complicated. With the welding barely cooled on the Macquarie line, it is to be closed down for the foreseeable future and converted to a Metro line adding even more complexity (and travel time) to the mix. Oh Epping, change isn't always for the best but as ever you'll accept your fate with quiet dignity. Which is more can be said for this newly politically active reviewer... read more

Epping railway station is on the Northern Line of the CityRail network, 20 km northwest of the Sydney central business district. Epping is a major interchange station and is the western terminus of the Chatswood to Epping line. Handicapped accessible with Easy Access lifts. Epping was originally called 'Field of Mars' by Governor Phillip when he granted parcels of land here to former marines in 1792. Later then name was changed to Carlingford. In 1899 the suburb name of Epping was adopted after the town of Epping in Essex, England. The English have always tried to make Australia a replica of England replica. While the cultural values were adopted, the landscape is largely different. When the Main Northern Line opened in 1886, a single platform known as Field of Mars station was located nearby, and renamed Carlingford in 1887. The station was renamed Epping when it opened in its current location on 7 October 1899 as an island platform. We used to get the train up here for high school rugby union against Epping Boys High School. While they played hard, they were always kinda scared of us and couldn't match the grit of Homebush Boys. A little too snotty-nosed, sorry. Nobody beat Homebush 'cept for sporadically. We had 14 rugby teams. It was a helluva walk from Epping station to the high school. read more

Sydney has the best metro system I've seen anywhere in the world very efficient. The trains run on time and the place is very safe and clean. The Metro stag is always there to assist lost tourists like me. It's so nice one day I just rode the trains sightseeing read more