Sydenham railway station, Sydney

Sydenham
Burrows Avenue entrance in July 2024
General information
LocationGleeson Avenue, Sydenham
Australia
Coordinates33°54′52″S 151°10′00″E / 33.914525°S 151.1665333°E / -33.914525; 151.1665333
Elevation9 metres (30 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated bySydney Trains
Line(s)
Distance5.31 kilometres (3.30 mi) from Central
Platforms6 (2 island, 2 side)
Tracks6
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure typeGround
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeSDN
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened15 October 1884
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesMarrickville (1884-1895)
Passengers
2023[2]
  • 4,087,010 (year)
  • 11,197 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station
Tempe
towards Waterfall or Cronulla
 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line Redfern
towards Bondi Junction
Wolli Creek
towards Waterfall or Cronulla
Terminus Airport & South Line St Peters
towards City Circle
Revesby
towards Macarthur
 Airport & South Line
(limited weekday peak services)
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Wolli Creek
towards Kiama
 South Coast Line
(limited weekday services)
 Redfern
towards Bondi Junction
Preceding station Sydney Metro Following station
Terminus Metro North West & Bankstown Line Waterloo
towards Tallawong
Future services
Marrickville
towards Bankstown
 Metro North West & Bankstown Line
(From 2025)
 Waterloo
towards Tallawong

Sydenham railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Illawarra line, serving the Sydney suburb of Sydenham in New South Wales, Australia. It is served by Sydney Trains' T4 Illawarra & Eastern Suburbs Line and T8 Airport & South Line services, and Sydney Metro's North West & Bankstown Line services. It was designed by New South Wales Government Railways and opened in 1884, with William Robinson having built the original station buildings. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[3]

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Sydenham Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01254. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.