Revesby railway station, Sydney

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Revesby

Airport and East Hills Line
Station code	RSY
Suburb	Revesby
Street(s)	Blamey St
Distance from Central Station	20.96 km
Altitude (above sea level)	4 m
Types of stopping trains	Suburban all stops Suburban limited stops (some)
Number of platforms	2
Number of tracks	2
Platform arrangement	1 island
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	Yes
Station facilities	Link

Revesby railway station is an intermediate station on the East Hills line of the CityRail network. It services the Sydney suburb of Revesby. Revesby has an island platform serving two tracks, but was originally built with only one track. It is mainly serviced by all-stations trains, and is only served by faster limited-stop trains^[1] during the morning and afternoon peak periods..

1 Platforms/Services
2 Accessibility
3 Transport Links
4 History
5 Trackplans
6 Accessibility
7 See also
8 Notes and references

[edit] Platforms/Services

Platform 1:

Airport & East Hills Line - all stations and limited stops services to Central and the City Circle (anticlockwise).

Platform 3:

Airport & East Hills Line - all stations and limited stops services to East Hills, Glenfield, Campbelltown and Macarthur.

[edit] Accessibility

This station has Easy Access for wheelchairs. With the coming of Clearways a lift provides access from the western side of Kingsgrove Road to the platform below.

[edit] Transport Links

City of Bankstown Portal

Veolia Transport runs three routes via Revesby railway station:

Route 923 - Between Bankstown and Panania.
Route 924 - Between Bankstown and East Hills.
Route 926 - Between Bankstown and Revesby Heights.

NightRide runs one route via Revesby railway station:

Route N40 - Between East Hills station and City(Town Hall).

[edit] History

Revesby railway station opened with the rest of the East Hills Line in December 1931^[2]. The original configuration was an island platform served by a single track. The line was electrified in 1939. In 1956 a crossing loop was opened however it was not until 1987 that the line was duplicated through Revesby in association with the construction of the extension from East Hills to the Main South Line at Glenfield. Under the current Clearways Project, Revesby will gain a centre turnback platform by 2008, with a transit road so that the station can handle two terminating trains at once. Construction of this commenced in 2006. Stage 2 of this project will see quadruplication of the tracks between Kingsgrove and Revesby, with all-stations 'local' trains travelling via the Airport line terminating at Revesby. Express trains travelling via Sydenham will skip stations between Sydenham and Revesby on their way to and from Campbelltown^[3]. East Hills will then cease to be a major intermediate terminus, but will be retained as a backup and for emergency and track possession use. After the completion of this Clearways Project, all-stations trains will use the two inner tracks, while fast skip-stop trains will use the two outer tracks. Revesby will have four platforms to allow passengers to interchange between the all-stations and express trains. The Clearways Project is due to be complete by 2010.