Erskineville railway station

Erskineville
Southbound view from Platform 1 in October 2006
Location Erskineville Road, Erskineville
Coordinates 33°54′04″S 151°11′07″E / 33.90098611°S 151.1852611°E / -33.90098611; 151.1852611Coordinates: 33°54′04″S 151°11′07″E / 33.90098611°S 151.1852611°E / -33.90098611; 151.1852611
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Illawarra
Distance 2.88 kilometres from Central
Platforms 4 (2 side, 1 island)
Tracks 4
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access No
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code EKV
Website Transport for NSW
History
Opened 15 October 1884
Rebuilt 16 June 1912
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 1,960 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank 117
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
towards Lidcombe or Liverpool
T3
Bankstown Line
towards City Circle

Erskineville railway station is located on the Illawarra line, serving the Sydney suburb of Erskineville. It is served by Sydney Trains T3 Bankstown line services.

History

The original Erskineville station, situated on the north side of Erskineville Road, opened on 15 October 1884 as part of the construction of the Illawarra line to Hurstville. A new station, constructed on the south side of the overbridge, opened on 16 June 1912. The lines through Erskineville were quadruplicated on 15 June 1913 with the current arrangement of platforms. Historically, the station was served by Bankstown, East Hills and Illawarra services, however since the early 1990s it has only been served by the former.[2][3][4]

Immediately north of Erskineville, the Eastern Suburbs line emerges from underground to join the Illawarra line. This connection opened in 1979. Only the two western platforms are used, although the eastern pair are used by Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra line services when the Bankstown line is closed for engineering work.

To the west of the station, lie two incomplete platforms. They were originally built in the 1970s as part of the construction of the Eastern Suburbs line when the alignment between Sydenham and Erskineville was expanded to accommodate six tracks. This was abandoned as a cost-cutting exercise. The CityRail Clearways Project envisaged reviving this plan, with stopping trains serving only the newly completed western platforms. However, this project was cancelled in November 2008.[5]

Future

As part of the Sydney Metro project, in 2024 the Bankstown line will be converted to a rapid transit line with a new underground line north of Sydenham that will bypass Erskineville. It is proposed that Illawarra services will once again call at the station.[6][7]

Platforms & services

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Central & the City Circle [8]
2 services to Lidcombe & Liverpool (weekend only) via Bankstown [8]
3 no regular services T4 services sometimes stop when the Bankstown Line is closed for trackwork
4 no regular services T4 services sometimes stop when the Bankstown Line is closed for trackwork

State Transit operate one route via Erskineville station:

Trackplan

Track layout

References

  1. ↑ Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Station Information A to F State Rail Authority 1997
  3. ↑ Erskineville Station NSWrail.net
  4. ↑ Erskineville Railway Station Group NSW Environment & Heritage
  5. ↑ Mini-Budget 2008/09 page 25 New South Wales Treasury November 2008
  6. ↑ "Metro fast rail fail: Illawarra line may have slower journey" St George and Sutherland Shire Leader 25 June 2015
  7. ↑ ”Stops bypassed by Metro Rail” Inner West Courier 30 June 2015
  8. 1 2 "T3: Bankstown line timetable". Transport for NSW.
  9. ↑ "State Transit route 355". Transport for NSW.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.