Riverwood railway station, Sydney

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Riverwood

Airport and East Hills Line
Station code	RVD
Suburb	Riverwood
Street(s)	William St
Distance from Central Station	17.50 km
Station Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	1 island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	None
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

Riverwood is a railway station on the Airport and East Hills Line of the CityRail network. Located in the Sydney suburb of Riverwood, it serves a residential area. It opened in 1931 with the opening of the East Hills railway line from Tempe to East Hills^[1], originally as 'Hearne Bay' but was renamed Riverwood in 1958. Initially the line was single track and unelectrified, with services operated by steam trains or rail motors connecting to electric trains at Kingsgrove^[2]. Electrification arrived in 1939, and the line was duplicated to Riverwood in 1948. Riverwood was the end of the double track section until 1987 when the line was duplicated to East Hills and extended to Glenfield.

Riverwood has an island platform, and is accessed by a road overbridge. It used to have terminating facilities (a set of points at the eastern end of the platforms). These were removed in the early 1990s. In 2003, it underwent a significant upgrade, including the installation of passenger lifts from the road overpass to the platforms. By 2010, it is proposed that 4 tracks will pass through Riverwood as a result of quadruplication between Kingsgrove and Revesby as part of the Rail Clearways Programme^[3].