For some reason I have it in my head that this is one of the largest suburban stations in…read moreAustralia. Well, considering that it is on the convergence of two lines, and that trains pass through here regularly (and pretty much they all stop here as well) is probably one of the reasons why it is so large. Also, there happens to be a major shopping centre a short walk from here as well. I guess that is one of the reasons why the Sydney Rail network is so convenient - the stations are pretty close to, well, everything.

With a name that would cause a race riot in America, it seems anti-climactic to sit here and wait…read morefor your train connection. But don't harass the locals - they breed 'em tough out here. I hail from close to here. Never liked Blacktown Station. Just sayin'. But they did refurbish it in the 1990's. Blacktown station opened on 2 July 1860 as Black Town Road with the construction of the Main Western railway line. Blacktown is an Easy Access (handicapped-accessible) station, with lift/elevator access to all platforms. The station is known as the "Mother Ship" as it looks like a UFO when lit up at night. As a major transport terminus, you can get to a lot of places from here, so it is a means to an end. A huge bus interchange is adjacent. Fast trains to Sydney from here are a godsend. The Sydney metropolitan area has one of the best public transport systems of any city in the world.

I wouldn't necessarily consider this to be a major station in Sydney, however quite a few trains…read moreseem to stop here, including the train that I caught from the Blue Mountains (I believe, or I could have simply changed at Blacktown). Mind you, like many of the stations is in Sydney, it is actually quite accessible, and as I mentioned, trains do stop here quite frequently, particularly ones that end up running express into the city. The other cool thing about this station, in particular, is that not all trains actually head into the city, some head off in multiple other directions.

The residential suburb of Seven Hills is located 35 km west of the Sydney central business…read moredistrict. Locally known as 'Sevo'. Prior to British settlement in the 1790s, this area was home to Aboriginal peoples - apparently the Warmuli and Toogagal clans of the Darug nation. First European discovery of the area was in 1988 or 1989. The first land grant in the colony of New South Wales was in the local "District of Toongabbee" to an ex- Marine soldier, John Redmond in May 1793. His 60-acre land grant was alongside a track which later became Station Road. Matthew Pearce was granted 160 acres in 1795. The name Seven Hills arose about 1800 because his farm was near the seventh hill along the road from Parramatta. How come nobody ever told me this? I always wondered where the heck the seven hills were, cause I never saw them in the neighborhood. We didn't have the internet back then and fed on rumours and old wives tales. Seven Hills station opened in 1860, the same year the train line was extended from Parramatta station to Blacktown Road station (now Blacktown station). It appears that regular train stops began here in 1869. Became a pretty big station, even though it is next to the bigger Blacktown station. I attended Grantham High School for two years, located in Seven Hills. I have been here too many times, but likely never again. You can't go back, or least least you shouldn't. Not to here.