[3] It was established mainly due to pressure from William Chorley, whose home was located near the station.

[5] There were however no plans for North West Rail Line services to stop at Cheltenham station.

[6] Due to complaints by local residents about noise and increased train services, the proposal to route the line through Cheltenham was scrapped, in favour of a tunnel starting at Epping station from the Epping to Chatswood line.

[7] However, a second northbound track was built through the station around a decade later as part of the North Sydney Freight Corridor project, with the western platform becoming an island.

[8] The works included the construction of a new concourse with lifts, which opened on 31 August 2015.