Eastern Suburbs railway line

Eastern Suburbs Line
Aerial view of the viaduct across Woolloomooloo.
Overview
Termini	Redfern Bondi Junction
Stations	7
Services	T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
Operation
Opened	23 June 1979 (1979-06-23)
Owner	RailCorp
Operator(s)	Sydney Trains
Technical
Track length	7km
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map 002.88 km from South Coast railway line Illawarra Relief 1.30 km Redfern 0 Central 1.18 km Town Hall 2.10 km Martin Place Woolloomooloo Viaduct 3.41 km Kings Cross Rushcutters Bay Viaduct 4.82 km Edgecliff Woollahra incompleted 6.76 km Bondi Junction Bondi Junction Turnback This diagram:

The Eastern Suburbs Railway is a commuter railway line in Sydney constructed in the 1970s. It is operated by Sydney Trains and has stations at Martin Place, Kings Cross, Edgecliff and Bondi Junction. In addition, it has dedicated platforms at Town Hall, Central and Redfern stations. All of these stations are underground. The Eastern Suburbs railway connects with the Illawarra line at Erskineville, forming the Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line. The line features turnbacks at Central, Martin Place and Bondi Junction. There is also a rarely used cross-over or 'turnout' at Edgecliff. It operates a service every 3 to 5 minutes during peak hours, 8 to 10 minutes at other times and 8 to 10 minutes on weekends.

The twin-track Eastern Suburbs line consists of eight stations connected mainly by viaduct and tunnel. The stations are finished in terrazzo and colourful tiles.

From a tunnel portal north of Erskineville, the Eastern Suburbs line runs north to Redfern, then Central Station. The line then heads north-west to Town Hall, then east to Martin Place before emerging near the Art Gallery of New South Wales onto a viaduct across the suburb of Woolloomooloo. The line goes back underground at Kings Cross, before emerging onto a viaduct across Rushcutters Bay. The line goes back underground at Edgecliff, then heads south-east through tunnel to emerge at a cutting in Woollahra, the site of a vestigial station. The lines go back underground at Bondi Junction.