Platforms and Services
The station serves all CityRail suburban lines except the airport branch of the Airport & East Hills Line and the Cumberland Line. One service per weekday from the Carlingford line stops at Redfern Platform 1. In peak hours, to serve connecting passengers and students at the University of Sydney; intercity services to the Blue Mountains, Newcastle and the Central Coast and the South Coast also stop at the station to pick up or set down.
Despite an extension of the platform in the late 1990s, Platform 1 is considered a short platform, and passengers are asked to travel in the front six carriages of Intercity trains using the platform.
The station is served by eighteen to twenty-six trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.
Services are listed on this box:
| Platform | Line | Stopping Pattern | Notes |
| Carlingford Line | Express service to Central | One service per weekday | |
| Newcastle & Central Coast Line | Weekday peak hour intercity services to Central | Set down only | |
| Blue Mountains Line | Weekday peak hour intercity services to Central | ||
| South Coast Line | Weekday peak hour intercity services to Central | ||
| Newcastle & Central Coast Line | Weekday peak hour intercity services to Gosford, Wyong and Newcastle via Strathfield | Pick up only | |
| Blue Mountains Line | Weekday peak hour intercity services to Springwood, Katoomba, Mt Victoria and Lithgow via Parramatta | ||
| South Coast Line | Weekday peak hour intercity services to Thirroul, Wollongong, Port Kembla, Dapto and Kiama via Wolli Creek | ||
| Olympic Park Line | Special events and weekday off peak services to Olympic Park | ||
| Northern Line | Suburban all stations and limited stops services to Central and North Sydney via the City, then on to Hornsby via Macquarie Park | ||
| Western Line | Suburban all stations and limited stops services to Central, then on to North Sydney, Lindfield, Gordon, Hornsby and Berowra via the ■North Shore Line Peak hour intercity services to Gosford and Wyong via the ■North Shore Line. |
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| Northern Line | Suburban all stations and limited stops services to Epping via Strathfield; peak hour services to Hornsby via Strathfield | ||
| Western Line | Suburban all stations and limited stops and peak hour express services to Blacktown, Quakers Hill, Schofields, Riverstone, Richmond, St Marys, Penrith and Emu Plains via Parramatta | Some peak hour intercity services to Springwood on the ■Blue Mountains Line | |
| South Line | Suburban all stations services to Central then on to City Circle | ||
| Inner West Line | Suburban all stations services to Central then on to City Circle | ||
| South Line | Suburban all stations and limited stops services to Glenfield and Campbelltown via Granville | ||
| Inner West Line | Suburban all stations services to Ashfield, Strathfield, Lidcombe, Cabramatta and Liverpool via Regents Park | ||
| Bankstown Line | Suburban all stations services to Central then on to City Circle | ||
| Airport & East Hills Line | Suburban all stations services to Central then on to City Circle | Peak hours only | |
| Bankstown Line | Suburban all stations and limited stops services to Bankstown, Lidcombe and Liverpool via Sydenham | ||
| Airport & East Hills Line | Suburban express services to Campbelltown and Macarthur via Sydenham and East Hills | Peak hours only | |
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Not in regular use | May be used by Illawarra line and South Coast trains to the City Circle or empty train movements | |
| Eastern Suburbs Line | Suburban all stations services to Bondi Junction via Central | Some peak hour services from the ■South Coast Line | |
| Illawarra Line | Suburban all stations and limited stops services to Hurstville, Mortdale, Sutherland, Cronulla, and Waterfall via Hurstville | Some peak hour intercity services to Thirroul, Wollongong and Port Kembla | |
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Incomplete platforms | These were not fully constructed; are situated west of Platforms 11 & 12 and behind Platform 10 |
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