Staffed: 6am-7pm

• Weekends and public holidays:

Staffed: 8am-4pmStation codeEKVWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened15 October 1884Rebuilt16 June 1912ElectrifiedYesPassengers2023

• 1,354,020 (year)
• 3,710 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)

Services

Preceding station	Sydney Trains			Following station
St Peters towards Sydenham or Campbelltown		Airport & South Line		Redfern towards City Circle
Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line does not stop here

Former services
Preceding station Sydney Trains Following station St Peters towards Lidcombe or Liverpool Bankstown Line (until 2024) Redfern towards City Circle

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 Hurstville. 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 Sydenham. 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. These upgrades were completed in 2024.

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.

Platform	Line	Stopping pattern	Notes
1	T8	services to Central & the City Circle
2	T8	services to Sydenham 8 weekday evening peak services to Campbelltown
3		not in use	T4 services sometimes stop when T8 is suspended for trackwork
4		not in use	T4 services sometimes stop when T8 is suspended for trackwork

Transdev John Holland operates one bus route via Erskineville station, under contract to Transport for NSW:

• 355: Bondi Junction Interchange to Marrickville Metro

• Erskineville Station at Transport for New South Wales