page_title: Redfern railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Redfern railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: Platform 11 at Redfern Station. This is one of the station's underground platforms.
context_page_description: Redfern railway station is a heritage-listed former railway bridge and now railway station located on the Main Suburban railway line in the Inner City Sydney suburb of Redfern in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John Whitton and built by Department of Railways. It is also known as Redfern Railway Station group and Tenterfield railway. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
  The station that opened on 26 September 1855 is located on what was originally the Illawarra line. It is now served by all Sydney Trains lines except the Cumberland Line and the airport branch of the Airport & South Line. Some NSW TrainLink Intercity services also call at the station.
caption: Underground platforms serve the Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
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