Erskineville railway station

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Erskineville
Erskineville railway station April 2022.jpg
Erskineville railway station in April 2022
General information
LocationErskineville Road, Erskineville, New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 33°54′04″S151°11′07″E / 33.90098611°S 151.1852611°E / -33.90098611; 151.1852611
Elevation20 metres (66 ft)
Owned by Transport Asset Holding Entity
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Illawarra
Distance2.88 kilometres from Central
Platforms4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
Status
  • Weekdays:

Staffed: 6am-7pm

  • Weekends and public holidays:
Staffed: 8am-4pm
Station code EKV
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened15 October 1884
Rebuilt16 June 1912
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2023 [1]
  • 1,354,020 (year)
  • 3,710 (daily) [2] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station TfNSW T.png Sydney Trains Following station
St Peters
towards Lidcombe or Liverpool
Bankstown Line Redfern
towards City Circle
      Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line does not stop here
Future service from 2024
St Peters
towards Macarthur
Airport & South Line Redfern
towards City Circle

Erskineville railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Illawarra line, serving the Sydney suburb of Erskineville. It is served by Sydney Trains' T3 Bankstown Line services.

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History

The original Erskineville station, situated on the north side of Erskineville Road, opened on 15 October 1884 as part of the construction of the Illawarra line to Hurstville. A new station, constructed on the south side of the overbridge, opened on 16 June 1912. The lines through Erskineville were quadruplicated on 15 June 1913 with the current arrangement of platforms. Historically, the station was served by Bankstown, East Hills and Illawarra services, however since the early 1990s it has only been served by the former. [3] [4] [5]

Immediately north of Erskineville, the Eastern Suburbs line emerges from underground to join the Illawarra line. This connection opened in 1979. Only the two western platforms are used, although the eastern pair are used by Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra line services when the Bankstown line is closed for engineering work.

To the west of the station lies two incomplete platforms. They were originally built in the 1970s as part of the construction of the Eastern Suburbs line when the alignment between Sydenham and Erskineville was expanded to accommodate six tracks. This was abandoned as a cost-cutting exercise. The CityRail Clearways Project envisaged reviving this plan, with stopping trains serving only the newly completed western platforms. However, this project was cancelled in November 2008. [6]

The station was upgraded in January 2024, involving the addition of a new southern footbridge, lifts and canopies. [7]

Future

As part of the Sydney Metro project, in 2024 the Bankstown line will be converted to a rapid transit line with a new underground line north of Sydenham that will bypass Erskineville. The Illawarra services will then once again call at the station. [8] [9]

The station is currently undergoing a major upgrade as part of the Transport Access Program. Due to space constraints, only one lift (to platform 1) is being built at the existing Erskineville Rd entrance. Instead, a new concourse off Bridge St with lifts to all 4 platforms is being built. [10]

Platforms and services

PlatformLineStopping patternNotes
1services to Central & the City Circle [11]
2
T3
services to Lidcombe & Liverpool via Bankstown [11]
3not in useT4 services sometimes stop when the Bankstown Line is closed for trackwork
4not in useT4 services sometimes stop when the Bankstown Line is closed for trackwork

Transdev John Holland operates one bus route via Erskineville station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

Trackplan

Track layout Erskineville trackplan.png
Track layout

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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. ↑ Station Information A to F State Rail Authority 1997
  4. ↑ Erskineville Station NSWrail.net
  5. ↑ Erskineville Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  6. ↑ Mini-Budget 2008/09 page 25 New South Wales Treasury November 2008
  7. ↑ "Erskineville Station Upgrade". 29 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Metro fast rail fail: Illawarra line may have slower journey" St George and Sutherland Shire Leader 25 June 2015
  9. ↑ ”Stops bypassed by Metro Rail" Inner West Courier 30 June 2015
  10. ↑ Upgrades to inner west stations before services reroute to eastern suburbs Sydney Morning Herald 5 April 2021
  11. 1 2 "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  12. ↑ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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