Concord West railway station, Sydney
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Concord West
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| Station code | CCE |
| Suburb | Concord West |
| Street(s) | Queen St |
| Distance from Central Station | 14.54 km |
| Station Altitude (above sea level) | ? m |
| Types of stopping trains | Suburban all stops |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Number of tracks | 3 |
| Platform arrangement | 1 Island 1 Side |
| Type of station | Ground |
| Ticket barriers | No |
| Transfers available | None |
| Disabled access | No |
| Station facilities | Link |
Concord West is a CityRail railway station on the Northern line. It is served by 4 trains per hour during peak hours and 2 trains per hour the rest of the time.
The station serves the residential suburbs of the Concord West and Liberty Grove. The station is comprised of 3 platforms (2 of them on an island platform) linked together by an overhead bridge. Entrances to the station are from King Street to the west and Queen Street to the east. Trains travelling south (to the city) stop at platform 1 (to the east) and those travelling north (to Hornsby) stop at platform 2.
During the 2000 Olympics, Concord West was used as an alternate station to access Sydney Olympic Park for inter-city rail services from the Central Coast, with the platforms being extended to enable inter-city trains to make an additional stop. A temporary footbridge and an extra station exit was also provided, but those were removed after the Olympics.
Concord West station's No. 3 platform is bidirectional, and for a time was used as the Sydney stopping point for the now-defunct Great South Pacific Express train.
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[edit] Platforms/Service
Platform 1:
- Northern Line - all stations services to North Sydney.
Platform 2:
- Northern Line - all stations services to Eastwood and Hornsby.
Platform 3:
- Northern Line - occasional all stations services to Eastwood and Hornsby.
[edit] Gallery
 The old style indicators showing the time of the next train are located on the overbridge next to the ticket office and are updated manually. When the station is unstaffed (outside peak times) the indicators are covered. |
 The steps on platform one, leading up to the overbridge |
 Platforms 2 and 3 are on an island. |
 The ticket office, automated ticket vending machine and toilets are located on the overbridge. |
 Platform 1 has a small waiting room (with trains to the city, platform 1 has by far the most people waiting for trains). There is also a ticket vending machine and public phone. The waiting room is locked when the station is unstaffed. The waiting room used to be used for supplying tickets, but was stopped when the overbridge office was used more often. |
 A small bike rack on the eastern side of the station. On the western side, people sometimes chain their bikes to the fence. |
 View of Concord West shops (corner of Queen St. and Victoria Ave.) looking east from the railway overbridge. |
 View of Telstra Stadium (the main stadium used for the 2000 Olympic Games) looking west from the railway overbridge. |
[edit] Neighbouring stations
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[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
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