| Erskineville | |
| Style: | Sydney Trains |
| Address: | Erskineville Road, Erskineville, New South Wales |
| Country: | Australia |
| Coordinates: | -33.901°N 151.1853°W |
| Distance: | 2.88 kilometres from Central |
| Line: | Illawarra |
| Connections: | Bus |
| Structure: | Ground |
| Platform: | 4 (2 side, 1 island) |
| Tracks: | 4 |
| Opened: | 15 October 1884 |
| Rebuilt: | 16 June 1912 |
| Electrified: | Yes |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Code: | EKV |
| Owned: | Transport Asset Holding Entity |
| Operator: | Sydney Trains |
| Status: |
Staffed: 6am-7pm
Staffed: 8am-4pm |
| Passengers: |
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| Pass Year: | 2023[2] |
| Pass System: | Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Web: | Transport for NSW |
Erskineville railway station is a heritage-listed railway station on the Illawarra railway line in the Sydney suburb of Erskineville. It is served by Sydney Trains' T8 Airport & South services.
The original Erskineville station, situated on the north side of Erskineville Road, opened in 1884 as part of the construction of the Illawarra railway line to . The line through Erskineville was later quadruplicated in the early 1910s. As part of these works, the station was relocated to the south side of the road overbridge and rebuilt with four platforms.
In the late 1970s, the underground Eastern Suburbs railway line was connected to the Illawarra railway line immediately north of Erskineville, creating Erskineville Junction. At the same time, additional platforms to the west of the station were partially built to enable sextuplication from Erskineville to . This was abandoned as a cost-cutting exercise. The CityRail Clearways Project envisaged reviving this plan, with stopping trains serving only the newly completed western platforms. However, this project was cancelled in November 2008.
In 2021, proposed upgrades to the station were announced, involving the addition of a new southern footbridge, lifts and canopies.[3] These upgrades were completed in 2024.[4]
Trains from the Bankstown railway line ceased calling at Erskineville in 2024 due to the conversion of that line for Sydney Metro services. Instead, T8 Airport & South services began stopping at the station from October 2024, alongside occasional T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra services. Transport for NSW has indicated that the station will fully switch to T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra services at an unspecified future date.
Transdev John Holland operates one bus route via Erskineville station, under contract to Transport for NSW: