Hurstville-Strathfield railway line, Sydney

The Hurstville-Strathfield railway line was a proposed railway line in Sydney, Australia. It was initially proposed by the Labor Council of New South Wales in 1990 as a link between Hurstvile and Bankstown, [ "St George to Parramatta rail link plan". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader, 25 October 1990.] , and was later modified in the Action For Transport 2010 plan released by the NSW Government in the mid 1990s as a link between Hurstville and Strathfield. As the name suggests the line would link the railway station in the southern suburb of Hursville Railway Station located on the Illawarra Line with the major railway interchange at Strathfield Railway Station.

It would serve to reduce crowding on the Strathfield-City railway line and the Illawarra and Eastern Suburbs line and reduce congestion at Sydney Central Station. It would also seek to act as a major link for travellers between the northern and southern suburbs of Sydney. The Line would most likely operate as part of the CityRail network.

The line was ultimately scrapped because of the sheer cost that would have been involved in constructing the line compared to the expected patronage.

There were several routes identified to serve the purpose of the cross-regional railway. The southern part of the route would have been completely underground from Hurstville to Campsie on the Bankstown Line via either Bexely North Railway Station or more likely Kingsgrove Railway Station which are both on the East Hills Line. From Campsie the line would continue underground to Strathfield where it would terminate or it would rise at ground level at the Enfield marshalling yards travelling on the existing freight railway to Arthur Street where it would join the Inner West Line to Strathfield. This alignment would include likely stations at Enfield Strathfield South and Rookwood.

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