Edgecliff railway station

Edgecliff railway station is located along the Eastern Suburbs line and is 4.82km from Sydney CBD. It serves the suburbs of Edgecliff and Darling Point. The station consists of 1 island (forming 2 platforms) and is accessed from New South Head Road. Edgecliff is serviced by T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra and South Coast line trains in both directions.

Edgecliff is staffed 24 hours everyday.

History
Whilst 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 was opened on 23 June 1979 by Neville Wran, the Premier of New South Wales, when the Eastern Suburbs line opened from Central to Bondi Junction.

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 set, T10, derailed just past Edgecliff. It was found that an incorrect repair had been done to one of the axles of the train in 1998/9, leading to the axle eventually breaking. The axle lifted a metal strip from a hi-rail vehicle take-off point, and pierced into the passenger cabin on non-control motor car N5222, almost injuring several passengers. A trainee driver was also revealed to have been driving T10 at the time of the incident.

An accessibility upgrade for the station was announced in September 2015. The upgrade includes new escalators, which were opened in March 2019, and new lifts, which began construction in April 2019, were finished and later opened in July 2019.

The crossover mentioned above was dewired in 2021 and will be removed in 2022.

Configuration and Services
Edgecliff station is located on New South Head Road, and is integrated into a shopping centre, Eastpoint Food Fair, which includes specialty stores and a Coles supermarket. Escalators and lifts will allow customers to access the station concourse and platforms. A bus interchange is also located above the station.

The station platforms are located underground, and consists of a single island platform with 2 faces. The station signage at Edgecliff is notably different from other stations on the Sydney Trains network, with the signs wrapped around round pillars.