Edgecliff railway station, Sydney
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Edgecliff
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Eastbound view from Platform 2 in October 2010
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| Location | New South Head Road, Edgecliff | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′45″S 151°14′10″E / 33.87911°S 151.23620°ECoordinates: 33°52′45″S 151°14′10″E / 33.87911°S 151.23620°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4.82 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | ECL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 23 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Edgecliff railway station is located on the Eastern Suburbs line, serving the Sydney suburb of Edgecliff. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and NSW TrainLink South Coast Line services.
Whilst the Eastern Suburbs Railway was not originally intended to travel via Edgecliff, the first proposal for an Edgecliff station was in 1947. In 1963 it was suggested that Edgecliff be the terminus of the first stage of the railway, but by 1967 it was decided Bondi Junction was a better terminus location.
Edgecliff station opened on 23 June 1979 when the Eastern Suburbs line opened from Central to Bondi Junction.
Although not directly mentioned in projects associated with the Rail Clearways Program, work was taken out at Edgecliff as a part of the Bondi Junction Turnback project. This involved the motorisation and signalling of an emergency crossover located at the western end of the station. Previously it had not been possible to ordinarily terminate trains at Edgecliff. When completed in September 2004 it permitted trains to terminate at Edgecliff and return towards the city. This was necessary to allow the closing of Bondi Junction station while major work was carried out there but allowing the line to otherwise remain open.
On the 15th of January 2014, a Tangara derailed just past Edgecliff. It was found that an incorrect repair had been done to one of the axles of the train in 1998/9, leading the axle eventually breaking. During the derailment, a piece of metal, used for the edge of a concrete slab on the track, was lifted and pierced into the passenger cabin, almost injuring several passengers.
An accessibility upgrade for the station was announced in September 2015.
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