History
The original station opened in the 1930s as the terminus of the East Hills line. It had a brick building on an island platform in the style of other stations on the East Hills line. The line was single track from Riverwood and unelectrified at opening. Electrification followed in 1939.
The station was completely rebuilt and slightly relocated in 1987 when the line was extended from East Hills to the Main South Line at Glenfield. The current station is of modern concrete and steel construction, with a ramps down from platform level to the entrance and booking office below. Following the extension, East Hills became the main intermediate terminus and an interchange point between all stops and limited stops trains. In addition to the two through tracks (platforms 2 and 3), a side terminating track (platform 1) was provided. A disadvantage of the side layout of the terminating platform is that trains arriving in the turnback platform obstructed Sydney bound trains from Campbelltown, as terminating trains crossed over the 'up' (towards Sydney) track to reach the terminating platform. A new centre turnback at Revesby, opened in 2009 as part of the CityRail Clearways Project, ending East Hills' role as an intermediate terminus, except for one last train of the day, which cleans the rails.
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