Lidcombe railway station

Lidcombe railway station is a major junction station on the CityRail network, in the Sydney suburb of Lidcombe. It has 6 platforms: five for ordinary suburban services, and one for the shuttle between Lidcombe and Olympic Park - officially Platform 0 but known simply as the 'Olympic Park Sprint Platform'. Three lifts facilitate Easy Access for wheelchairs.

History

Lidcombe station opened in 1858 with four platforms during the construction of the railway line through the area at that time is was called Haslams Creek after Samuel Haslam a local landowner, When in 1867 land was set aside for a cemetery nearby the residents renamed the locality Rookwood. The official name of the station was changed in 1878. By the turn of the century the Necropolis was also called Rookwood so in 1914 the station name was changed again to Lidcombe.

In 1999, Platform 0 was constructed as part of the Olympic Park line works. In 2010 an extra platform for terminating City via Bankstown trains was opened. This was built as part of the CityRail Clearways Project which intends to untangle the various lines. Once a companion project at Homebush has opened and a new timetable is introduced, the Bankstown line will be separated from the Inner West line - which will no longer serve Lidcombe.

Platforms and service

The station is served by eleven to sixteen trains per hour each way, with additional trains during weekday peak hours.

Bus services

Sydney Buses runs one route via Lidcombe station:

• Route 401 - to Olympic Park station via Parramatta Road, Homebush Bay, Athletic Centre

Veolia Transport runs three routes via Lidcombe railway station:

• Route 912 - to Bankstown.
• Route 915 - to University of Sydney Cumberland Campus
• metrobus M92 - between Parramatta and Sutherland

NightRide runs the following routes via Lidcombe station:

• Route N50 - between Liverpool and City (Town Hall)
• Route N60 - between Fairfield Station and City (Town Hall)
• Route N61 - between Carlingford Station and City (Town Hall)

Gallery

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  Olympic Park Sprint platform
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  Entrance to Olympic Park Sprint platform at the end of platform 1
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  Looking to platforms 2 and 3 from the footbridge
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  Stairs to the footbridge
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  Footbridge at the Sydney CBD end of station platforms
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  Station concourse

Trackplan

Trackplan at Lidcombe prior to Clearways completion

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		CityRail		Following station
Terminus		Template:CityRail lines		Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations
Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations		Template:CityRail lines		Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations
Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations		Template:CityRail lines		Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations
Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations		Template:CityRail lines weekday Central service		Template:CityRail stations One service per weekday toward Template:CityRail stations
Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations		Template:CityRail lines Early morning services to and from Lidcombe		Terminus
Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations		Template:CityRail lines		Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations
Template:CityRail stations toward Template:CityRail stations		Template:CityRail lines		Terminus

External links

• CityRail - Lidcombe station details
• Photo gallery showing construction of the new turnback platform