Stanmore railway station

Stanmore is a minor station on the Main Suburban railway line of the Sydney Trains network, serving the inner west Sydney suburb of the same name. The station has a pedestrian subway connecting the 3 platforms to entrances on Trafalgar Street and Douglas Street. The station is not wheelchair accessible.

Stanmore is staffed from 6:00am to 7:00pm on weekdays, and 8:00am to 4:00pm on weekends and public holidays.

History
Stanmore Station was opened in 1878 with a signal box erected in 1881. The present station buildings were built in 1885, and the station reopened on 17 January 1886. The existing island platform building originally fronted Douglas Street on the north side and was built to a similar design to the disused station building at Petersham. In 1885 the original pedestrian subway was built, and a new signal box (relocated from Petersham) replaced the existing signal box.

The Main Suburban line through Stanmore was quadruplicated in 1891, at which time its platform became an island platform and an awning was added to the original street facade. The platforms were also extended to 156 m and an additional platform built on the northern side of the new Up Suburban track. The station reflects the changes that came with track amplification, its original northern street frontage converted skilfully to an island by Cowdery, its relocated and extended subway and its parcels office on the new north frontage.

Further changes to the station included new barriers and a booking office in 1897; a ladies toilet on the Down Local platform in 1900; the island platforms extended in 1905; the signal box closed and Down platform extended in 1913; and stairways covered in 1923.

The main line was sextuplicated in 1927 in association with electrification works; with these changes, a new pedestrian subway was built in 1926 and the Up Suburban platform demolished.

In 1960 the Up booking office was relocated to Platforms 1 and 2 and the parcels office located in the former booking office.

Up until the 1980s, a few morning peak services from the North Shore line called at platform 1 for the benefit of Newington College students.

As part of the Transport Access Program, planning is underway for a station upgrade at Stanmore to improve accessibility. The upgrade is expected to be completed in 2023.

Platforms and Services
The three platforms face the Down Suburban, Up Local and Down Local tracks respectively. The station is served by all stops T2 Inner West line services, usually at a frequency of 4 trains per hour in each direction. Very rarely, T1/9 services will stop on platform 1 if there is an incident affecting T2 services.