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Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line
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Overview | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Transport Asset Holding Entity | |||||||||||||
Locale | Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||
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Stations | 33 | |||||||||||||
Service | ||||||||||||||
Type | Commuter rail | |||||||||||||
Operator(s) | Sydney Trains | |||||||||||||
Depot(s) | Mortdale | |||||||||||||
Rolling stock | T, H sets (peak hours only) | |||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 15 October 1884 | |||||||||||||
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Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | |||||||||||||
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The Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line (numbered T4, coloured azure blue) is a commuter railway line on the Sydney Trains network in the eastern and southern suburbs of Sydney. The line was constructed in the 1880s to Wollongong to take advantage of agricultural and mining potentials in the Illawarra area. In March 1926, it became the first railway in New South Wales to run electric train services.