Erskineville railway station, Sydney

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Erskineville

Bankstown Line
Station code	EKV
Suburb	Erskineville
Street(s)	Swanson St
Distance from Central Station	2.88 km
Altitude (above sea level)	? m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops Suburban limited stops
Number of platforms	6
Number of tracks	6
Platform arrangement	2 Island 2 Side
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	?
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	No
Station facilities	Link

Erskineville railway station is part of the CityRail network. Located far in the Sydney suburb of Erskineville it services a nice residential area. It opened in 1884 with the construction of the Illawarra railway line to Hurstville^[1]. Physically, Erskineville lies on the Illawarra line although only Bankstown line trains currently stop there, and East Hills line trains pass through without stopping. Some trains on the Illawarra Line used to stop at Erskineville prior to the construction of the Eastern Suburbs Railway and it was also serviced by East Hills Line trains until circa 1990.

Immediately north of Erskineville, the Illawarra relief lines (from the Eastern Suburbs line) emerge from underground to join the Up and Down Illawarra lines (the eastern-most pair of tracks). This connection opened in 1979. The station has six platforms, with 2 side and 2 island, all of which retain their original brick platform buildings. There is currently no wheelchair access. The two westernmost platforms are incomplete and lack tracks. They were originally built at the time of the construction of the Eastern Suburbs line in the 1970s when the alignment between Sydenham and Erskineville was expanded to accommodate 6 tracks. However this was abandoned as a cost cutting exercise, and the never completed platforms remain unused to date. The Clearways Project envisages that Erskineville will have six tracks, with stopping trains serving only the westernmost platforms.