<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of Sydney's most well-heeled suburbs could get a new train station, which would unlock a plan to build thousands of new homes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Woollahra, in the city's Eastern Suburbs has a partially completed "ghost" station which was abandoned in the 1970s.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But a reopening could allow 25,000 new homes to be built after a plan for developments further west were given the red light, the </span><em><span>Sydney Morning Herald</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/opening-of-eastern-suburbs-ghost-station-on-the-cards-20250711-p5me7o.html" rel="" target="" title="reports"><span>reports</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/detective-reveals-fresh-details-about-missing-backpacker-carolina-wilgas-rescue/23b739a3-dd4f-4750-a67c-60657702e763"><strong><span>Surrounded by desert for 12 days, she finally saw something in the distance</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It could form an extra stop on the Eastern Suburbs line, which goes to Bondi Junction.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Members of the Australian Turf Club (ATC) </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australian-turf-club-votes-on-sale-of-rosehill-racecourse/8ff8340a-14d5-45a4-a2cf-6d6241257796" rel="" target="" title="voted against the sale of Rosehill Gardens "><span>voted against the sale of Rosehill Gardens</span></a><span> Racecourse in Sydney's west for homes and a new metro station in May.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No alternative has been announced.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-woollahra-new-station-eastern-suburbs/f74a6286-1a3a-489c-a9dc-42b38696dea7" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The paper said the government is giving serious consideration to Woollahra among a swath of options to deliver new homes around the city.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/air-india-engine-fuel-switches-flipped-to-cut-off-during-deadly-air-india-crash-preliminary-report-says/dd166339-063b-4220-bdc8-63df4627fb22" rel="" target="" title=" Engine fuel switches flipped to 'CUT OFF' during deadly Air India crash, report says"><strong><span>Engine fuel switches flipped to 'CUT OFF' during deadly Air India crash, report says</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It says under the plan being considered by the state government, the area around the station would be rezoned, and housing towers built above, according to government sources.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The median price of a three bed house there is $3.75m, according to Domain.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A two bed unit costs a median of $1.4m.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The paper said report commissioned by Premier Chris Minns and delivered by the Centre for International Economics found Woollahra is the most feasible Sydney council area for increases in high- and mid-density housing developments.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A state government spokesperson told the </span><em><span>Herald </span></em><span>it wasn't making any announcements.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're not going to play whack-a-mole with potential projects to deliver more housing for Sydney," they said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We introduced the boldest set of planning reforms in the state's history, and we will continue to reform the system to deliver the much-needed homes for young people and families."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The government's target is 377,000 new homes by 2029.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Woollahra station was never finished because of costs, and locals also opposed it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Plans to revive it alongside new housing were also shelved in the 1990s.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News has contacted the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure for comment.</span></div></div>
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