Complex sentence: Sydenham station, originally named Marrickville, opened in 1884 with the construction of the Illawarra railway line to Hurstville, and was originally constructed with two platform faces (the current platform faces 3 and 4).
Split into simpler sentences: Sydenham station, originally named Marrickville, opened in 1884 with the construction of the Illawarra railway line to Hurstville. It was originally constructed with two platform faces (the current platform faces 3 and 4).