Hornsby station, west side
Station Street, beside the bus interchange. Buses need the stands, so we wait just clear of them.
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Two railway lines meet at Hornsby, the M1 starts just up the road, and the town centre is split in half by the tracks. We get you to the right side of it, or a long way beyond.
Hornsby station
Where the North Shore and Northern lines join, and where Central Coast trains stop on their way north. The old platform buildings are still in use.
Booking a taxi in Hornsby
Hornsby is really two town centres with a railway in the middle. On the west side, Peats Ferry Road (the old Pacific Highway) has the traditional high street: shops, the war memorial and the RSL at the southern end, then the court house and the old council chambers further along. Hornsby Park, the aquatic centre and the TAFE sit behind them.
The east side is newer. Westfield Hornsby takes up most of it, joined to the station by a footbridge, and the pedestrian mall where Florence Street meets Hunter Street has the big water clock designed by Victor Cusack. The library is close by.
Which side you are on matters for a pickup. The bus interchange and Station Street are west of the station. George Street and the commuter car park are east. If you tell us which exit you are walking out of, the driver will be waiting on that side instead of looping round.
Coming off a late train with bags?
Call from the platform, not the street. Say west side (Station Street) or east side (George Street), and we send the car to that exit.
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital is on Palmerston Road, a short drive from the station, and many of the houses along that street are now specialist rooms. We run patients to appointments there and home again, and families to schools such as Barker College and Hornsby Girls High. For a hand to the front door afterwards, book our door to door taxi.
Sedans and SUVs take up to four. For six cousins and a pile of luggage, a maxi taxi seats 7 or 11, and we fit a baby seat or booster when you ask.
Trackwork weekend?
When buses replace trains on the Northern or North Shore line, a taxi to a station that is still running, or straight to where you are going, can save an hour.
Popular trips
Where people head from Hornsby
Off-peak road times. School traffic on the Pacific Highway and Pennant Hills Road can add a lot, and so can a Friday afternoon on the M1.
Sydney Airport
M2 and the Lane Cove Tunnel, or down through the city
Sydney CBD
The Pacific Highway, or the M2 and Lane Cove Tunnel
Gosford
North on the M1 Pacific Motorway from Wahroonga
Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga
Fox Valley Road, for admissions and appointments
Macquarie Park
Offices, Macquarie Centre and the university
Chatswood
Down the Pacific Highway through Pymble and Gordon
Parramatta
Pennant Hills Road and Epping
Call for a fixed quote
Tolls and GST are always in the quote.
Hornsby pickup points
One of the station entrances. Tell us which one you are using.
Hornsby station, east side
George Street, by the commuter car park. The easiest side if you are coming from Westfield.
Westfield Hornsby
Tell us the entrance you will leave from. The mall in front of the water clock is closed to cars.
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Palmerston Road. Give the building or department from your letter, or the specialist rooms you are visiting.
Peats Ferry Road shops
The RSL, the court house and the old high street. Busy through the day, so we pull into the nearest side street.
Hornsby Park, Quarry Road
For the new lookout and picnic lawns. Agree a pickup time before you set off down the tracks.
Hornsby Park
From quarry pit to picnic lawns
For most of a century Hornsby Quarry was a hole in the ground behind the town centre. It is an old volcanic site, and after quarrying stopped it was partly filled with rock dug out for the NorthConnex tunnel, which made it safe to turn into parkland.
The first stage of Hornsby Park, the Crusher Plant Precinct off Quarry Road, opened in March 2026. It has the Southern Lookout over the quarry, lawns, picnic shelters and barbecues, with walking tracks and more lookouts planned for later stages.
For a family picnic with an esky and a pram, or grandparents who want the view without the walk from the station, book a car to Quarry Road and set the time for the ride home.
Maxi cabs, baby seats and wheelchair access in Hornsby
Hospital trips, school holidays and big family gatherings bring most of these requests. Our wheelchair accessible vehicle needs to be booked ahead.
Maxi Cab ServicesRoom for up to 11 passengers and all of their luggage.Taxi with Baby SeatCapsules, child seats and boosters fitted before we arrive.Wheelchair Accessible TaxiA wheelchair accessible vehicle, booked ahead for your trip.
Hornsby to Sydney Airport
Allow 50 to 60 minutes off-peak. From Hornsby the usual way is across to the M2 and through the Lane Cove Tunnel, then under the harbour. Weekday mornings are slow on that corridor, so we pad early pickups and leave nothing to luck.
Landing late? Give us the flight number and we time the pickup to when you actually touch down. More detail is on our Sydney Airport transfers page.
Hornsby taxi questions
If yours is not here, the phone is staffed all night.
Call 02 7265 1227 at any hour for a cab in Hornsby, Waitara, Asquith or Hornsby Heights, now or for a booked time.
Other suburbs nearby
Or see our Upper North Shore taxi page.
Open 24/7
Book a Hornsby taxi
Call for a car from the station, Westfield or your front door, with a fixed quote before you go.