When the Eastern Suburbs Line was under construction in the 1960s and 1970s, the plan was to locate a station in a closed off grass cutting backing onto the backyards of properties on four surrounding streets.

The area, surrounded by the high rocky escarpment that is Edgecliff Road, Woollahra, contained many trees and was a sanctuary for bird life.

In the meantime, construction work on the Eastern Suburbs line was slowing down due to various factors, including the cost blow-out of the project.

The tracks emerge from twin tunnels in a high sandstone wall at the "Edgecliff end" of the abandoned station, indicating that the former grassy park area had been cut out of the natural topography.

While this is a common sight in Sydney's working class inner-west and inner-south, it is unusual to see the backyards of multimillion-dollar properties backing onto a heavy rail line just metres away.

Records from the former Department of Railways indicate that was intended to be the location of an elevator to the grassy park-like area, which would have been completely landscaped, and would have housed the ticket office, station entry barriers, one or two small retail outlets, and an overhead bridge with stairs down to the platforms.