Westfield Hornsby is a large indoor/outdoor shopping centre in the suburb of Hornsby in the Upper North Shore of Sydney. Transport The North Shore and Northern lines offer frequent train services to Hornsby station which is a short walk from the centre. Westfield Hornsby has bus connections to the Sydney CBD, North Shore, Northern Suburbs and Hills District, as well as local surrounding suburbs. It is served by Transdev NSW and Hillsbus bus services. The majority of its bus services are located on Pacific Highway in front of the centre as well as on Station Street on the other side of the station. Westfield Hornsby also has multi level car parks with 3,200 spaces. History The original Westfield Hornsby known as Westfield Plaza opened in July 1961. The centre featured McDowells (later rebranded as Waltons and then Venture), Coles New World and 25 stores. In 1968 Westfield Hornsby received its first major redevelopment which saw the centre quadruple in size. The centre was also upgraded in 1976 and 1979. A competing shopping centre opened on 14 November 1979 by Deputy Premier L J (Jack) Ferguson and Hornsby Shire President Don Evans. The shopping centre known as Northgate featured Grace Bros (rebranded to Myer in 2004), Kmart and 67 speciality stores. In the early 1990s the intersection of Florence Street and Hunter Street became a pedestrian mall with a fountain at the centre of the pedestrian mall. The fountain known as the Hornsby Water Clock was designed by Victor Cusack who previously designed the Pacific Family fountain in 1988 at Warringah Mall. The fountain was unveiled in 1993. In 1999 Westfield purchased the Northgate Shopping Centre and commenced its four stage redevelopment. This redevelopment involved the closure and demolition of the original Westfield centre and incorporation of adjacent Northgate Centre into the development. In January 2000 Westfield was temporarily closed to pave way for the new centre which doubled the retail space and added restaurants and cinemas at a cost of $360 million over a two-year period. During this redevelopment, the original Westfield centre was demolished and rebuilt, making it the second Westfield to be completely demolished after Westfield Burwood. It also extended and refurbished former Northgate centre. The development opened in four stages. Stage 1 of the redevelopment opened in the former Northgate side on October 2000 with the Northgate name dropped and part of Westfield. This stage included the