This station is the Hilton of Sydney Train stations. Modern with aesthetically pleasing designs…read morethat show how a station should like. The station elevator brings you deep under ground and the station offers a clean and futuristic look. The tunnels are great to look at from an engineering point of view.

This place is like entering a brand new shopping centre after closing. The handful of times I have…read morebeen here, in the early evening it has been devoid of humanity. Large cavern like entrances, strong lighting, steel and rock, all combine to give off the impression of grandeur whilst being so understated that you don't really notice you are in a subway station till the train arrives. They've got a good mix of form and function here and it really is simple and very spacious. Since you are in the bowels of the earth you really best have a book with you to pass the time while you wait (yes, remember books?), cos you could be in for a long one.

The Australian train system is very efficient. The trains are also very clean. Lately, due to…read moreCovid, there aren't as many passengers as usual. Riders buy an Opal card and load money on it. Then whenever you use it, you "tap on" at a little device that records your fare and how much you have left before you top it up. You can also tap directly with your credit card for contactless payment if you have the symbol on your card. Hornsby is a larger town so it is has a number of trains passing through the smaller villages on the way to Hornsby. It's also a very popular stop because it's right across from Westfield shopping mall and the Hornsby outdoor mall. I have been getting on the train at Lindfield since it's about a 10 minute walk from my bnb. It's fun to look at all the interesting village names: Turramurra, Warrawee, and Waroonga for example. I enjoy riding the train because it gets me where I want to go so no driving is needed.

A part of me considers Hornsby to basically be out on the far edges of Sydney, but it doesn't feel…read morelike it when you arrive at the station because it looks like, and in a way is, one of those major interchange stations. Actually, being next to a major shopping centre also helps. Yeah, this station is quite accessible and has quite a few facilities as well, and certainly makes you feel like you are in the suburbs.

This station seems to have seen better days. It's not that it is run down or anything, though one…read moreof the platforms clearly has been left for dead (though you can't actually get to it to wait for a train that will basically never stop there) but it really isn't one of the major stations. Still, you can actually catch a train here, though most of them tend to shoot past in their rush to get to Central Station.

This is definitely a major railway station, even though only a limited number of trains pass…read morethrough here, namely because it only services a single line out of the city. Still, pretty much all trains stop here, and from here you can easily access most parts of North Sydney. I also found that the staff were generally quite helpful, and there is quite a few facilities here as well, not counting the shopping centre to which it is attached.

Actually, this station is actually a pretty major railway station in that it provides an…read moreinterchange 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.

Space age! I love going down the stainless steel escalators. It reminds me of a James Bond movie…read moreand 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.

I would say that this is a nice, old-style station, but the thing is that quite a few of these…read morestations in Sydney still retain their aesthetic charm from days gone by. Well, sort of, because a lot of them still seem to be the same, but then again it does happen to be a railway station, and I probably shouldn't be all that surprised. Once again though, like most Sydney stations, this one is quite accessible, and also trains are reasonably regular, most of the time.

Stanmore. Can you really have more Stan? Rename this puppy Stanless, cos it's sparse…read more How sparse? On a need to know basis it's a simple two platforms that drops you in the middle of nowhere in Stanmore, and you need to leg it to get to the closest highway. Speaking of legging it, there ain't no barricades and you know what they say... opal cards are only used by honest commuters ;)

Nice and easy train station. There is an elevator in…read moreaddition to the stairs. Not a lot of overhead covering if you are down on the platform, and you walk upstairs to get to the streets on either side. There are restrooms as well as a waiting area upstairs. Oh and of course Opal readers if like me, you forget to tap off when leaving the train. Across the street on both sides are convenience stores, coffee shops, or places to each, which is good for travelers.

A small busy wharf during peak times of a morning and an evening…read more This modern wharf is located in a lovely trendy area of Abbortsford. Right at the wharf is the Abbortsford Rowing Club a lovely restaurant where it is a place to go for that special lunch or dinner. The Parramatta River service visits the wharf each hour either heading towards the city or to Rydalmere ( depending on the tide...even to Parramatta). The wharf is well covered for wet weather and wheelchair friendly.