East Hills railway station is located on the
East Hills line, serving the
Sydney suburb of
East Hills. It is served by
Sydney Trains
Sydney Trains is the operator of the suburban passenger rail network serving the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The network is a hybrid urban-suburban rail system with a central underground core that covers over of track and 170 ...
T8 Airport & South line services.
History
East Hills station opened on 21 December 1931 when the
line was extended from
Kingsgrove. It served as the terminus of the line until it was extended to
Glenfield on 21 December 1987.
A new station was built south-east of the original station as part of the extension opening in August 1987 with the original station closed and demolished. Following the extension, East Hills became the main intermediate terminus and an interchange point between all stops and limited stops trains. In addition to the two through tracks (platforms 2 and 3), a side terminating track (platform 1) was provided. A new centre turnback at
Revesby opened in 2009 as part of the
Rail Clearways Program
The Rail Clearways Programme was conceived in 2004 with the aim of easing congestion of Sydney's suburban railway network, by reducing the amount of infrastructure shared by multiple services. The disparate projects at pinch points througho ...
, which ended East Hills' role as the primary intermediate terminus.
Platforms & services
An 8-car Tangara service may operate sometimes on Saturdays and Sundays. Usually, A & B set trains service the station, however, there may be the occasional M, T or K set train will operate.
Transport links
Transdev NSW
Transdev NSW is a bus operator in the northern, southern and western suburbs of Sydney, Australia, operating on behalf of Transport for NSW. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia. It is a different subsidiary to Transdev John Holland, whi ...
operate four routes to and from East Hills station:
*922: to
Bankstown Central
Bankstown Central (previously known as Centro Bankstown and Bankstown Square) is a shopping centre in the suburb of Bankstown in South Western Sydney.
Transport
The Bankstown line offers frequent services to Bankstown station which is a sh ...
via
Milperra
*924: to Bankstown Central via
Revesby
*925: to
Lidcombe station
*962: to
Miranda
East Hills station is served by one
NightRide route:
*N40: to
Town Hall station
Trackplan
References
External links
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East Hills station detailsTransport for New South Wales
{{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, Airport & South=y, state=collapsed
City of Canterbury-Bankstown
Railway stations in Sydney
Railway stations in Australia opened in 1931
East Hills railway line