Edgecliff railway station is a heritage-listed underground commuter railway station located on the Eastern Suburbs line, serving the Sydney suburb of Edgecliff. It is served by Sydney Trains's T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and NSW TrainLink's South Coast Line services.
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.jpg) South-east bound view from Platform 2, November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | New South Head Road, Edgecliff Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′45″S 151°14′10″E / 33.87911°S 151.23620°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Sydney Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Eastern Suburbs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4.82 kilometres (3.00 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | ECL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 23 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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History
editWhilst 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.[3][4]
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 15 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 1998–1999, leading to 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.[5]
An accessibility upgrade for the station was announced in September 2015.[6] In June 2019, the new access ramp on New McLean Street was opened and the bus canopy extension completed.[7] The upgrade is now complete.[8]
Platforms and services
edit| Platform | Line | Stopping pattern | Notes |
| 1 | services to Cronulla, Waterfall & Helensburgh | [9] | |
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| services to Wollongong, Dapto & Kiama | only during peak hours and weekends[10] | ||
| 2 | services to Bondi Junction | [9] | |
| services to Bondi Junction | only during peak hours and weekends[10] |
Bus Interchange
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Upon opening most bus services travelling past the station towards the city were curtailed to terminate at the station. Despite the 1976 review that caused the design of the bus interchanges at Edgecliff and Bondi Junction to be scaled back, significant work was completed at Edgecliff to better facilitate these bus route changes: a tunnel had been dug under Ocean Street and Edgecliff Road, around the Edgecliff Post Office to New South Head Road.[11]
However, because the time savings of the train over the bus from Edgecliff were minimal and integrated ticketing was not available, fewer passengers than anticipated opted to change modes at the interchange. As initially configured, the westernmost platform was reserved for arrivals, with 11 stands spread across four platforms for departures with a stabling facility at the eastern end.
In June 2002, the status of the interchange declined with a number of the routes that terminated at Edgecliff either cancelled or extended through to the city, operating directly via New South Head Road. It is now used only by services to the city from Bondi Junction (and vice versa) plus those from the city to the Eastern Suburbs continuing east along New South Head Road.
The former control room has been leased to non government organisation Holdsworth Community along with the former bus stabling area.
The following routes operate from Edgecliff Interchange. All routes operated by the Transdev John Holland.
Stand A:
- 328: to Bondi Junction station[12]
Stand B:
- 323: to Dover Heights[13]
Stand C:
- 324: to Watsons Bay via Old South Head Road[14]
- 325: to Watsons Bay via Vaucluse[15]
Stand D:
- 326: to Bondi Junction station via Victoria Road[16]
- 327: to Bondi Junction Interchange via Bellevue Road[17]
Stand E:
- 328: to Darling Point[12]
New South Head Road
Edgecliff station is served by one Nightride route:
Trackplan
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References
edit- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Edgecliff Station NSWrail.net
- ^ Edgecliff Railway Station NSW Environment & Heritage
- ^ "Australian Transport Safety Bureau Investigation Report". Derailment of Sydney Trains Passenger Train 602M near Edgecliff station, Sydney, NSW on 15 January 2014. 3 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^ "NSW Government commits to accessibility upgrade for Edgecliff Station". Transport for NSW. 29 September 2015.
- ^ Edgecliff Station Upgrade NSW Government July 2019
- ^ Edgecliff Station Upgrade Transport for NSW 17 July 2019
- ^ a b "T4: Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "South Coast line timetable". Transport for NSW.
- ^ Kennedy, Brian (1982). Subterranean Sydney. Frenchs Forest: AH & AW Reed. p. 63. ISBN 058950312X.
- ^ a b "Transdev route 328". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev route 323". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "Transdev route 324". Transport for NSW.
- ^ a b "Transdev route 325". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev route 326". Transport for NSW.
- ^ "Transdev route 327". Transport for NSW.
- ^ Route 200 timetable Archived 4 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW
- ^ "N91 Nightride". Transport for NSW.
External links
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- Edgecliff Station at Transport for New South Wales (Archived 10 June 2019)
- Edgecliff station Public Transport Map Transport for NSW