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Eastwood railway station

Eastwood
Eastwood railway station.jpg
Southbound view from Platform 3 in November 2011
Location West Parade, Eastwood
Coordinates 33°47′25″S 151°04′56″E / 33.790178°S 151.082262°E / -33.790178; 151.082262Coordinates: 33°47′25″S 151°04′56″E / 33.790178°S 151.082262°E / -33.790178; 151.082262
Owned by RailCorp
Operated by Sydney Trains
Line(s) Main Northern
Distance 21.39 kilometres from Central
Platforms 4 (2 island)
Tracks 4
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Ground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Staffed
Station code EWD
Website Sydney Trains
History
Opened 17 September 1886
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station
Terminus
T1
Northern Line
towards Central
Preceding station   NSW TrainLink   Following station
towards Newcastle
Central Coast & Newcastle Line
towards Central

Eastwood railway station is located on the Main Northern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Eastwood. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Northern Line and NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line services.

The station opened as Dundas on 17 September 1886 on the single track line. It was renamed Eastwood on 1 September 1887. The line through Eastwood was subsequently duplicated and has since been quadruplicated. In 2004, the platforms were extended towards Epping to allow 8-car Intercity trains to service the platforms.

The station subway is accessible by non-paying members of the public, although this was separated from the station concourse by a fence. In February 2007, the fence was removed to allow construction of smartcard readers for the Tcard system.

In March 2006 it was revealed, that asbestos fibre had been disturbed by contractors installing cabling for the Tcard project in the roof of the ticketing office at the station. The station offices were temporarily closed and replaced by a temporary booking office in the station carpark.

Sydney Buses operate nine routes via Eastwood station:

Eastwood station is served by one NightRide route:


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