Erskineville railway station

Erskineville
Bankstown Line
Station code	EKV
Suburb	Erskineville
Street(s)	Swanson Street
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 (2 unused)
Number of tracks	4
Platform arrangement	2 Island 2 Side
Type of station	Ground
Ticket barriers	No
Transfers available	Bus
Disabled access	No
Station facilities	Link

Erskineville railway station is part of the Sydney Trains network. Located in the Sydney suburb of Erskineville, it services a residential area.

Physically, Erskineville lies on the Illawarra railway line, although only Bankstown Line trains currently stop there with all other services passing through. The station has six platforms (two of which are incomplete), with 2 side and 2 island, which retain their original brick platform buildings. There is currently no wheelchair access.

History

The original station, situated on the north side of Erskineville Road (then called Swanson Street), opened on 15 October 1884^[1] with the construction of the Illawarra railway line to Hurstville.^[2] A new station, constructed on the south side of the overbridge, was opened on 16 June 1912. The lines through Erskineville were quadruplicated on 15 June 1913 with the current arrangement of platforms.^[1] Historically, trains on all three lines stopped at Erskineville, now currently served only by Bankstown line services. Erskineville and its neighbouring station, St Peters, were serviced by all-station East Hills trains until around 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 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 previously envisaged reviving this plan, with stopping trains serving only the newly completed western platforms. However, this project was cancelled in November 2008.^[3]

Platforms and services

Currently only Bankstown Line trains stop at Erskineville- As of the new Sydney Trains timetables on Sunday the 20th of October 2013: on weekdays the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction for most of the day, with additional trains provided during peak hours; and on weekends the station is served by four trains per hour in each direction for most of the day. During trackwork Illawarra line trains stop at both Erskineville and St Peters.

Transport links

Sydney Buses runs one route via Erskineville station:

• Route 355 - between Bondi Junction Interchange and Marrickville Metro Shopping Centre

Gallery

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  Entrance

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  Incomplete platform

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  Mural painted by students from Erskineville Public School

Trackplan

Track arrangement at Erskineville

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Station Information A to F State Rail Authority 1997
2. ↑ "South Coast Line". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 8 January 2007. 
3. ↑ NSW Minibudget NSW Government. Retrieved 11 November 2008.

External links

• Sydney Trains - Erskineville station details

Coordinates: 33°54′04″S 151°11′07″E / 33.90098611°S 151.1852611°E / -33.90098611; 151.1852611