St. James railway station, Sydney

St James
Commuter rail
Elizabeth Street entrance in June 2011
Location	Elizabeth Street, Sydney CBD, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°52′13″S 151°12′43″E / 33.8702°S 151.2120°E / -33.8702; 151.2120Coordinates: 33°52′13″S 151°12′43″E / 33.8702°S 151.2120°E / -33.8702; 151.2120
Owned by	RailCorp
Operated by	Sydney Trains
Line(s)	City Circle:
Distance	4.4 km (2.7 mi) from Central (clockwise)
Platforms	2 (1 island)
Tracks	2
Bus operators	Sydney Buses
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	George McRae (architect) John Bradfield (designer)
Architectural style	Inter-War Stripped Classical
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	STJ
Website	St James station at Sydney Trains
History
Opened	20 December 1926
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Sydney Trains   Following station Circular Quay towards Leppington or Campbelltown T2 Airport, Inner West & South Line Museum towards Macarthur Circular Quay towards Central T3 Bankstown Line Museum towards Lidcombe or Liverpool
Route map

St James railway station is an heritage-listed underground commuter rail station that is located on the City Circle, at the northern end of Hyde Park in the Sydney central business district of New South Wales, Australia. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Airport, Inner West & South and T3 Bankstown line services. It is named after the nearby St James' Church and provides a direct link to the Sydney Airport international and domestic railway stations.

Part of the Bradfield Plan, St James station was originally intended to be a major interchange with the Eastern Suburbs line on Sydney's underground rail system. Plans for the construction of St James included railway lines in four directions, but the original plan was never completed due to disagreements over the routes. Four platforms were completed, but the two inner platforms, intended to support Bradfield's proposed eastern and western suburbs lines, were never put into service. When the Eastern Suburbs line was eventually built it was done so via a different route via Town Hall.

In the 1990s, the two island platforms were connected by filling in the track space between the two inner platforms, resulting in the single, large island platform seen today.