East Richmond railway station, Sydney

East Richmond
Eastbound view showing platform building in November 2011
General information
Location	Bourke Street, Richmond Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°36′07″S150°45′35″E / 33.601875°S 150.7597833°E / -33.601875; 150.7597833 (East Richmond railway station, Sydney)
Elevation	26 metres (85 ft)
Owned by	Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	Richmond
Distance	60.00 km (37.28 mi) from Central
Platforms	1 (1 side)
Tracks	1
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Weekdays: Staffed: 6am to 2pm
Station code	ERD
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	2 July 1939(86 years ago) (1939-07-02)
Electrified	Yes (from August 1991)
Passengers
2023 [1]	108,080 (year) 296 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station Richmond Terminus North Shore & Western Line Clarendon towards Berowra Cumberland Line Late night services only Clarendon towards Leppington

East Richmond railway station is a suburban railway station located on the Richmond line, serving the Sydney suburb of Richmond. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western Line and T5 Cumberland Line services. It was opened in 1939 as an infill station, the last on the Richmond line.

History

The Richmond railway line had originally opened in 1864, but no station was provided at East Richmond. However, a station at East Richmond to be located at the "Bourke Street Crossing" was first requested as early as mid-1898. ^[3]

East Richmond station opened on 2 July 1939, as an infill station. ^[4]

Services

Platforms

Services to East Richmond operate from either the North Shore or South-West Sydney, branching off the Main Western railway line at Blacktown. Since 26 November 2017, the T1 Western Line serves East Richmond throughout the entirety of the day, except when late night T5 Cumberland Line services continue to Richmond, rather than terminating at Schofields.

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T1	services to Lindfield or North Sydney via Central services to Richmond	[5]
	T5	services to Leppington services to Richmond	[6]

Transport links

East Richmond station is served by one NightRide route:

Bourke Street:

• N71: Richmond station to Town Hall station ^[7]

Trackplan

East Richmond
↑W to Richmond Station Exit ↑to buses Platform 1↓ Bourke Street Level Crossing plt 1 1 ↓E to Clarendon

References

1. "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
2. This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
3. East Richmond Platform Windsor & Richmond Gazette (NSW: 1888–1971). Trove, National Library of Australia. 18 June 1898. p.4, accessed 20 July 2025
4. East Richmond Station NSWrail.net
5. "T1: Western line timetable". Transport for NSW.
6. "T5: Cumberland line timetable". Transport for NSW.
7. "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

External links

• Media related to East Richmond railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• East Richmond station details Transport for New South Wales