Bondi Junction is a Sydney Trains underground railway station at Sydney's Bondi Junction and is the eastern terminus of the Eastern Suburbs railway, opened in 1979. The station is located underground with a bus terminal and shopping centre above. It is the sixth busiest station on the Sydney Trains network.
Location
The station is located in the centre of the Bondi Junction commercial area on the block bounded by Grosvenor Street, Grafton Street and Newland Street. It is parallel to, but one block north of, Oxford Street. It is adjacent (separated by Grosvenor Street) to the primary retail and office complex of Westfield Bondi Junction.
Access is via stairs or ramp from Grafton Street or via escalator or elevator from the bus terminal. Access to the bus terminal can be had from Grosvenor Street or Oxford Street.
History
As a long-standing major commercial area in Sydney's east, a railway line had long been considered to Bondi Junction. The suburb was variously proposed to been the intermediate or the ultimate terminus of an Eastern Suburbs Railway since 1916. In 1967 tenders were awarded for the actual construction of the Eastern Suburbs Railway as far as Bondi Junction. Construction began shortly thereafter.
Construction plans
Although a subway station, construction required the demolition of a block of mixed commercial-residential buildings to permit staging of the project, the construction of a works compound and, once the railway was completed, to be the location of the bus-rail interchange facility.
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