Plan to finish forgotten Woollahra train station and build 10,000 homes won’t combat Sydney’s affordability crisis, critics say

Woollahra train station was started in the 1970s and could soon be completed as NSW Labor looks to boost housing density in Sydney. Photograph: Transport for NSW

A New South Wales Labor plan to boost housing density in Sydney’s wealthy eastern suburbs after completing a train station half-built in the 1970s has been criticised by locals worried about the area’s “beauty” being impacted – and planning experts who argue it won’t combat the city’s affordability crisis.

Woollahra and Edgecliff boast tree-lined streets, grand manor homes and art deco apartment blocks just a stone’s throw from the CBD.