Sydenham railway station, Sydney
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Sydenham
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Southbound view from platform 6 in 2013
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| Location | Gleeson Avenue, Sydenham | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°54′52″S 151°10′00″E / 33.914525°S 151.1665333°ECoordinates: 33°54′52″S 151°10′00″E / 33.914525°S 151.1665333°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RailCorp | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Illawarra Bankstown |
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| Distance | 5.31 kilometres from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 (2 island, 2 side) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | SDN | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 October 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Marrickville | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sydenham railway station is located on the Illawarra line, serving the Sydney suburb of Sydenham. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 South, T3 Bankstown and T4 Illawarra services.
Sydenham station opened on 15 October 1884 as Marrickville when the Illawarra line opened to Hurstville. It was renamed Sydenham on 19 January 1895.
In 1896, Sydenham became a junction station with the opening of the Bankstown line with the current platforms 3 and 4 opened. Two additional platform faces (now platforms 2 and 5) came with quadruplication in 1907. The substantial platform building on the current platform 2/3 island previously faced the street.
In 1928, the tracks were rearranged with the current Platform 2 closed and platform 6 opened in its place. In 1960-62, to relieve congestion at the station and in preparation for the planned Eastern Suburbs line, Platform 2 was re-opened and another platform, now Platform 1, built. This resulted in Bankstown line trains being re-routed from current platforms 3 and 4 to the new platforms. It had been intended that the tracks on platforms 1 and 2 would extend along the alignment to Erskineville as an adjunct to the Eastern Suburbs railway.
This plan was never completed, although partial platforms were erected at St Peters and Erskineville in preparation. Because of this, Bankstown line trains continue to run on the same tracks as East Hills services, and the Bankstown line's junction with the Illawarra line has been merely moved from the south of Sydenham station to the north. The construction of Platform 1 included a brick parcel office on the northern end of the platform. One of the few free-standing parcel offices on the Sydney network, it was in service until the 1980s. Now closed, the building itself remains standing.
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