East Hills railway station

East Hills
South-west bound view in December 2012
Location Park Road, East Hills
Coordinates 33°57′41″S 150°59′06″E / 33.961506°S 150.984979°E / -33.961506; 150.984979Coordinates: 33°57′41″S 150°59′06″E / 33.961506°S 150.984979°E / -33.961506; 150.984979
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) East Hills
Distance 22.2 kilometres from Central
Platforms 3 (1 island, 1 side)
Tracks 3
Connections
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code EHS
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened 21 December 1931
Rebuilt August 1987
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 840 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank 166
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Macarthur
T8
Airport & South Line
towards City Circle

East Hills railway station is located on the East Hills line, serving the Sydney suburb of East Hills. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South line services.

History

Bus stop on western entrance in November 2011

East Hills station opened on 21 December 1931 when the line was extended from Kingsgrove.[2] It served as the terminus of the line until it was extended to Glenfield on 21 December 1987.[3]

A new station was built south-east of the original station as part of the extension opening in August 1987 with the original station closed and demolished.[4] Following the extension, East Hills became the main intermediate terminus and an interchange point between all stops and limited stops trains. In addition to the two through tracks (platforms 2 and 3), a side terminating track (platform 1) was provided. A new centre turnback at Revesby opened in 2009 as part of the Rail Clearways Program, which ended East Hills' role as the primary intermediate terminus.

Platforms & services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 One daily terminating service at 13:20, returns empty to Revesby [5]
2 services to Central & the City Circle via the Airport
morning peak services to Central & the City Circle via Sydenham		 [5]
3 services to Campbelltown & Macarthur [5]

Transdev NSW operate three routes to and from East Hills station:

East Hills station is served by one NightRide route:

Trackplan

Track layout

References

  1. ↑ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ↑ East Hills Station NSWrail.net
  3. ↑ "East Hills - Glenfield Line Opens" Railway Digest February 1988 page 50
  4. ↑ "East Hills" Railway Digest November 1987 page 365
  5. 1 2 3 "T8: Airport & South line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  6. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 922". Transport for NSW.
  7. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 924". Transport for NSW.
  8. ↑ "Transdev NSW route 925". Transport for NSW.
  9. ↑ "N40 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
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