At the same time, additional platforms to the west of the station were partially built to enable sextuplication from Erskineville to Sydenham.

The CityRail Clearways Project envisaged reviving this plan, with stopping trains serving only the newly completed western platforms.

[4] In 2021, proposed upgrades to the station were announced, involving the addition of a new southern footbridge, lifts and canopies.

Transport for NSW has indicated that the station will fully switch to T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra services at an unspecified future date.

[7] Transdev John Holland operates one bus route via Erskineville station, under contract to Transport for NSW: