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.HistoryThe original station, situated on the north side of Erskineville Road , opened on 15 October 1884 with the construction of the Illawarra railway line to Hurstville. 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. 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 emerge from underground to join the Up and Down Illawarra lines . 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.
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